COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (MEDWAY)

Registered charity 1042475 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CVS (MEDWAY), MEDWAY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE, MEDWAY VOLUNTARY ACTION

Services and support for local voluntary groups and organisations which includes: identifying, co-ordinating and providing trainingensuring full participation for disadvantaged groups, networking and building partnerships,Advice, information and resources,infrastructure support,Development, support and management of projects

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE OBJECT OR PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN THE MEDWAY AREA AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:1) TO PROVIDE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF, AND DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;2) TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS 3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LEARNING.

Area of benefit: PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN THE MEDWAY AREA

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £61,295 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income increasing to £873,441. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds held were £175,131, which is below the established reserves policy target of £203,140. The trustees consider the level of reserves adequate given the designated fund balance of £302,065 and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Matthew Good Foundation — “Unrestricted Funding from the Matthew Good Foundation The Matthew Good Foundation continue to deliver unrestricted funding through their Gra…” (source page)
• Warburtons — “Ongoing Community Support from from the family run bakers Warburtons The Warburtons 'family run' baking company are to continue their work t…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER CHARLES STOKESchair
• Dr David Roger Stokes · trustee of 1 other charity
• GORDON DAVID VIGGERS
• Lawrence John McVeigh
• Michelle Trumper-Leitourgi
• Stephen Dennis Danton
• Stephen Milford-Kemp

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

Common questions

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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 THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

• THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £335k
• GLAMORGAN VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £1.1m
• PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £655k
• HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD income £2.2m
• ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WREXHAM income £1.1m
• DACORUM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.