BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
Registered charity 1008190 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLACKBURN HYNDBURN AND RIBBLE VALLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE, BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE
We aim to connect people and grow communities. We do this by action - encouraging communities to take control;support - helping the most vulnerable within our community (e.g. ex-offenders, homeless, people in recovery, people with physical or mental health conditions, etc.);resource - helping groups with governance, funding, etc.volunteer - promoting and using volunteers to initiate change
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £222,854 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves decreasing to £1,090,988. The trustees confirm that free reserves amount to £474,000, which is within their stated policy target of holding between three and six months of core costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Contracts and grants (69% of income)
“Contracts and grants 706,784 42,488 749,272 1,559,700” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.1m; policy: three to six months of core costs)
“The free reserves amount to £474k at the year end.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by KM. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £388k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Blackpool · Lancashire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £222,854 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves decreasing to £1,090,988. The trustees confirm that free reserves amount to £474,000, which is within their stated policy target of holding between three and six months of core costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KM.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.
Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARE NETWORK (BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN) LTD.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.