HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Registered charity 1062032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

The promotion and encouragement of the practice and principles of volunteering, to develop, promote, organise and implement volunteer work programmes, employment opportunities and training sessions, co-ordinate with other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory authorities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£145k
Latest spending
£135k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,118 for unrestricted funds, with total income of £145,478 and expenditure of £135,360. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £88,717, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet responsibilities for the foreseeable future. The charity operates a wholly owned trading subsidiary, Works4U Limited.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of core expenditure (held: £89k)
“The Trustees have established a strategy whereby the Contingency reserve fund is maintained at a level which would cover approximately three to six months of core expenditure.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Works4U Limited
“The charity has a wholly owned subsidiary, Works 4U Limited, which focuses on employer supported volunteering initiatives as well as consultancy and training services.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent · Ealing · France · Germany · Hammersmith And Fulham · Harrow · Hillingdon · Hounslow · Italy · Lithuania · Romania · Russia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£145k£135k
31/03/2024£157k£175k
31/03/2023£193k£193k
31/03/2022£205k£193k
31/03/2021£259k£216k

Common questions

Is HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM VOLUNTEER CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,118 for unrestricted funds, with total income of £145,478 and expenditure of £135,360. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £88,717, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet responsibilities for the foreseeable future. The charity operates a wholly owned trading subsidiary, Works4U Limited. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Greater London Authority23/02/2021£15kGrant to Hammersmith and Fulham Volunteer Centre and Volunteer Centre Camden
The National Lottery Community Fund18/05/2016£7kHuman Libraries Tackling Hate and Creating Understanding
City Bridge Foundation10/01/2013£150kGrant to Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2010£495kBrent Volunteering into & Employment Project (BIVEP)
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2009£499kEvents 4 Youth
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2005£248kActive Citizen Project- Changing Employment Prospects
The National Lottery Community Fund12/07/2005£248kYouth Volunteering Project