COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE WEST LANCASHIRE

Registered charity 1039563 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST LANCS C V S

To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the County of Lancashire. In particular the advancement of the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness. To promote and organize co-operation around these areas by bringing together public, private and voluntary, community and faith organisations in the area.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF WEST LANCASHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Area of benefit: WEST LANCASHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: West Lancashire, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total net assets decreased from £126,041 in 2024 to £99,190 in 2025, reflecting a net movement in funds of £(26,851). The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity is exempt from audit under small companies' provisions and has no disclosed reserves policy target.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery — “CVS gets down to business with new Lottery grant” (source page)
• Community First — “Your support helps a lot and keeps us on track….the Community First funding has made a real difference” (source page)
• Shared Prosperity Fund — “Although the Shared Prosperity Fund ended on 31st March 2025, CVS has invested some of its allocation in ensuring that momentum can be maint…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul White
• Ruth Scarrott
• Sian Jay
• Victor Thomas Citarella · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF LANCASHIRE.

• COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF LANCASHIRE income £738k
• LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £150k
• BURNLEY PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £2.1m
• WEST LANCASHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £1.3m
• KENT COAST VOLUNTEERING LTD income £285k
• VOLUNTARY ACTION SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE income £587k

Side by side with its peers

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