VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1063019 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VANL

VANL is a Council for Voluntary Service (CVS). Its core work is to support, promote and develop the voluntary and community sector (VCS) within North Lincolnshire. As well as its core activities for members, at any one time VANL manages a variety of projects running on both a small and large scale.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") AND, IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;(B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;

Area of benefit: NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£190k
Latest spending
£174k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £80,506, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit of £19,248. The trustees confirm the entity is a going concern, noting that the merger with East Riding Voluntary Action Services is anticipated to complete in the next financial year with all assets and liabilities transferring to the new organisation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ core running costs and the value of any core redundancy (reserves figure: £279k)
“A minimum requirement of the reserves policy is that at least six months’ core running costs and the value of any core redundancy is retained in the unrestricted designated fund” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 24
  • Government income: £6,329 — grants £6,329 (1); 3% of the £189,976 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 24
  • Government income: £124,468 — grants £124,468 (4); 34% of the £362,830 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 24
  • Government income: £130,834 — contracts £2,327 (1), grants £128,507 (5); 31% of the £420,333 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£190k£174k
31/03/2024£363k£362k
31/03/2023£420k£368k
31/03/2022£232k£269k
31/03/2021£297k£303k

Common questions

Is VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £80,506, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit of £19,248. The trustees confirm the entity is a going concern, noting that the merger with East Riding Voluntary Action Services is anticipated to complete in the next financial year with all assets and liabilities transferring to the new organisation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include EAST RIDING VOLUNTARY ACTION SERVICES (ERVAS) LIMITED, VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EAST RIDING VOLUNTARY ACTION SERVICES (ERVAS) LIMITEDFY2023£3kFraudwatch
EAST RIDING VOLUNTARY ACTION SERVICES (ERVAS) LIMITEDFY2023£3kGrants
VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITEDFY2023£300Grant to support 1 individual
VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITEDFY2023£80Grant to support 1 individual

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/06/2024£30kMillionaire Street 2024 05w1
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2022£300kBest Start for all
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2022£10kEmpowering volunteers through training
The National Lottery Community Fund10/07/2020£49kSupporting North Lincolnshire
The National Lottery Community Fund10/08/2016£244kTackling Hidden Harm - Breaking the Cycle of Substance Use
The National Lottery Community Fund19/09/2012£302kCafe INDIEpendent
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2011£10kBLT/GPI Winterton
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2010£326kLearning for Change

Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED£190k—0unclear—no doubt
VOLUNTARY ACTION - NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE FY2026£647k—0within—no doubt
LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY VISION (VOLUNTARY INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT INVOLVING ORGANISATIONS AND NETWORKS) CIO FY2024£982k—0unclear—no doubt
VOLUNTARY ACTION LEICESTER FY2026£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE BEDFORDSHIRE FY2025£418k—0unclear—no doubt

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