FLINTSHIRE LOCAL VOLUNTARY COUNCIL

Registered charity 1062644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FLVC

FLVC is the umbrella and support organisation for voluntary and community organisations in Flintshire, providing, advice, information and help with funding, governance, volunteering and promoting voluntary action in the county.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN WALES WITH PARTICULAR PREFERENCE TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF FLINTSHIRE (OR ITS SUCCESSORS), WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: WALES IN PARTICULAR FLINTSHIRE

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity held unrestricted funds of £104,170, with £85,000 designated for specific contingencies, leaving £19,170 in general unrestricted funds. The trustees consider this level of reserves appropriate given the charity's funding arrangements and financial risks. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees expressing reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03301204

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LONSDALE, Amanda Vaughan — director, appointed 09/10/2025on trustee list
• MCDERMOTT, Ian — director, appointed 09/10/2025on trustee list
• JONES, Caryl Nia — director, appointed 15/05/2025on trustee list
• WAIT, Natasha Anne — director, appointed 23/01/2025on trustee list
• WISINGER, David — director, appointed 08/09/2022on trustee list
• ARMSTRONG, Karen — director, appointed 08/09/2022on trustee list
• AGNEW, Peter — director, appointed 09/09/2021on trustee list
• BYRAM, Timothy — director, appointed 05/11/2015on trustee list
• HATTON, John David — director, appointed 10/10/2013on trustee list
• THOMSON, Joyce Marjorie — director, appointed 19/07/2007on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Barbara — director, appointed 29/08/1997on trustee list
• WOODS, Ann — secretary, appointed 19/06/2014

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~11.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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

• Peter Agnewchair
• Amanda Lonsdale
• Barbara Roberts
• Caryl Jones
• David Wisinger
• Ian McDermott
• John Hatton
• Karen Armstrong · trustee of 2 other charities
• Michael Joseph Snape
• Natasha Wait
• TIMOTHY BYRAM

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

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 LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

• LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £1.7m
• LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £150k
• COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF LANCASHIRE income £738k
• TORFAEN VOLUNTARY ALLIANCE income £742k
• COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE WEST LANCASHIRE income £211k
• PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £655k

Side by side with its peers

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