MRC COMMUNITY ACTION

Registered charity 1058583 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE, NWLCVS

A multi functional community 'hub' organisation delivering a range of resources for community including: community transport, office & meeting room hire, play services, furniture re-use and training.

Objects

1.TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS. 2. TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £368,303 to £382,090, resulting in a net income of £13,787 for the year. The charity holds total net assets of £382,090 with no restricted funds carried forward, indicating a stable financial position without disclosed liquidity risks.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MRC Community Action (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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 97.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Craig Large
• Elizabeth Rickaby
• Hannah Panter
• Raj Tugnet Mr
• Rodney Stuart Barlow
• Sue Hughes

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERSEYSIDE PLAY ACTION COUNCIL.

• MERSEYSIDE PLAY ACTION COUNCIL income £728k
• COMPASS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LTD income £450k
• COMMUNITY OUTREACH income £1.5m
• THE HOUSE ON THE CORNER COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED income £117k
• MOHEBBAN AL - MAHDI YOUTH FOUNDATION income £430k
• POULTON-LE-FYLDE COMMUNITY HALL income £174k

Side by side with its peers

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