INVOLVE COMMUNITY SERVICES

Registered charity 1061373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BFVA, BRACKNELL COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE, BRACKNELL FOREST VOLUNTARY ACTION

The overarching aim is to improve lives in our local communities. This is achieved through the provision of support and services to local charities, groups and communities across Bracknell Forest, Wokingham Borough and surrounding areas. Advocating for and representing the VCS and encouraging and enabling partnerships and collaborative working also supports this aim.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £318,871, which is above the charity's stated policy target of maintaining reserves equal to at least five months' core expenditure. The trustees maintain that the charity is in a solid financial position with sufficient cash to cover outstanding restricted fund commitments.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (53% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Richard James Harrisonchair
• James Meyjes
• Keith Smith
• Malcolm Dudson
• Rajdip Marok-Dhanju
• Renze Kramer
• Roumiana Radountcheva
• Siobhan Goodchild

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).