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BURNLEY PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 1062446 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURNLEY, PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE C.V.S.

Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £210,075 for the year ended 31 March 2023, resulting in total reserves of £1,326,454. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. The charity's reserves policy targets approximately six months of total income, and the trustees noted they are investing free reserves to support activities.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The Executive Committee have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in fixed assets ("the free reserves") held by CVS should be approximately six months of total income.” — page 8
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Lancashire BME Network LTD paid a membership fee of £15 to BPR CVS. Mrs C Blythe (CEO of CVS) is a director/trustee of LBN, and Ms S Iftikhar is a trustee of both CVS and LBN.
“In the year ended 31st March 2023, LBN paid a membership fee of £15 to BPR CVS” — page 39
“Pendle Borough Council (PBC) PBC nominates councillors to be representatives on the Executive Committee of CVS.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Pendle Borough Council nominated councillors to the Executive Committee of CVS. Mrs M Lishman is a trustee of CVS and a councillor of Burnley Borough Council.
“In the year ended 31st March 2023, LBN paid a membership fee of £15 to BPR CVS” — page 39
“Pendle Borough Council (PBC) PBC nominates councillors to be representatives on the Executive Committee of CVS.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Burnley Borough Council nominated councillors to the Executive Committee of CVS. Mrs M Lishman is a trustee of CVS and a councillor of Burnley Borough Council.
“In the year ended 31st March 2023, LBN paid a membership fee of £15 to BPR CVS” — page 39
“Pendle Borough Council (PBC) PBC nominates councillors to be representatives on the Executive Committee of CVS.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Mrs C Blythe (CEO of CVS) and Mrs N Zaman (trustee of CVS) are directors/trustees of Lancashire Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (LA CVS).
“In the year ended 31st March 2023, LBN paid a membership fee of £15 to BPR CVS” — page 39
“Pendle Borough Council (PBC) PBC nominates councillors to be representatives on the Executive Committee of CVS.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Smith and Goulding Ltd.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.2m
Reserves (reported)
£475k
Employees
32

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.1m£2.2m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.8m
31/03/2023£2.2m£2.4m
31/03/2022£2.7m£2.5m
31/03/2021£2.0m£1.6m

Common questions

Is BURNLEY PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £210,075 for the year ended 31 March 2023, resulting in total reserves of £1,326,454. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. The charity's reserves policy targets approximately six months of total income, and the trustees noted they are investing free reserves to support activities. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Smith and Goulding Ltd.

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