SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
Registered charity 1024546 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCVS
Sefton CVS promotes voluntary,community and faith activity in the borough of Sefton and surrounding areas by means of providing services to and support for voluntary, community and faith organisations.CVS acts as the principal coordinating and umbrella infrastructure organisation and is a conduit between voluntary sector organisations, through networks and joint working, and the statutory sector.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total incoming resources were £4,823,292, with total resources expended at £4,831,511, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £42,353. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £722,434 and designated funds of £586,691, while maintaining a stated reserves policy target of approximately three months of core expenditure, set at £171,840. Per the trustees' report, the balance sheet is considered strong enough to fulfill short-term plans, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of all core expenditure (held: £722k)
“The Trustees have concluded that, to allow the charity to be managed efficiently and to provide a buffer for uninterrupted services, a general reserve equivalent to approximately 3 months of all core expenditure should be maintained. Therefore, the General Reserve has been set as £171,840.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) (matched by registered charity number).
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- MARK SONNEchair
- Brian Thomas
- Colonel Mark Charles Heath Underhill OBE
- DAVID MCGREGOR
- DAVID WREN ROSCOE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr MICHAEL JOHN HOMFRAY
- Dr Peter Hawkins
- Helen Margaret Ollivier
- PAUL PASCHAL CUMMINS · trustee of 1 other charity
- PAULETTE LAPPIN · trustee of 1 other charity
- Romils Mathew
- Valerie Elson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Sefton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources were £4,823,292, with total resources expended at £4,831,511, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £42,353. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £722,434 and designated funds of £586,691, while maintaining a stated reserves policy target of approximately three months of core expenditure, set at £171,840. Per the trustees' report, the balance sheet is considered strong enough to fulfill short-term plans, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.
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