NEWVOL

Registered charity 1054322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DENBIGHSHIRE VOLUNTARY SERVICES COUNCIL, NEWVOL LTD

NEWVOL operating as DVSC is a membership organisation that aims to offer support and assistance to any voluntary or community organisation operating in Denbighshire, at any stage of their development. It acts as a link between the voluntary and statutory sectors, looking after the interest of the sector and assisting sector representatives on strategic and other partnerships.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN WALES WITH PARTICULAR PREFERENCE FOR DENBIGHSHIRE WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE

Area of benefit: WALES WITH PARTICULAR PREFERENCE FOR DENBIGHSHIRE.

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: Denbighshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £85,053 and total income of £2,149,651, resulting in net assets of £621,565. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains significant free reserves and has secured core funding from the Welsh Government until March 2026, indicating a stable financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sage & Company Business Advisors Ltd. Discloses 4 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
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Ruane
• Gareth Sandilands · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Richard Gardner · trustee of 2 other charities
• Karen Bellis
• Linzi Jones
• Mair Edwards
• Sandra Wilson

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

Operates in: Denbighshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH DEVON VOLUNTARY SERVICES LIMITED.

• NORTH DEVON VOLUNTARY SERVICES LIMITED income £574k
• VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN - DEVON income £42k
• DVS Foundation income £123k
• WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION income £36.6m
• WIRRAL CVS income £820k
• THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS income £9.5m

Side by side with its peers

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