PEMBROKESHIRE ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES

Registered charity 1063289 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAVS

Promoting charitable purposes for the benefit of Pembrokeshire, particularly advancement of education, protection of health, relief of poverty, distress & sickness. Promoting & organising cooperation in the achievement of these aims, bringing together representatives of voluntary organisations & statutory authorities within Pembrokeshire. Members are Pembrokeshire voluntary and community groups.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN WALES, WITH PARTICULAR PREFERENCE FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF PEMBROKESHIRE (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

Area of benefit: PEMBROKESHIRE

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Pembrokeshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funding received increased by 13.8% to £2,089,741, while expenditure rose by 1.7% to £1,975,739, resulting in a net increase in unrestricted reserves of £94,764. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £517,186, which is above the Board's target of £281,000. The Trustees consider the charity a going concern, citing strong relationships with funders and secured multi-year agreements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £281,000 (reserves figure: £517k)
“Taking these items into account on a managed risk basis, the Association's target level of free reserves in 2024-2025 is set at £281,000.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Citizens Advice Pembrokeshire (CAP) is a related party due to having a trustee in common. CAP rent office space from PAVS. During the period that it was a related party, rent of £15,500 (2024: £12,500) was charged to CAP. At 31 March 2025 a balance was not owed by the related party. CAP also paid PAVS a contribution of £3,977 toward their HUB reception team.
“Citizens Advice Pembrokeshire (CAP) is a related party due to having a trustee in common. CAP rent office space from PAVS. During the period that it was a related party, rent of £15,500 (2024: £12,500) was charged to CAP. At 31 March 2025 a balance was not owed by the related party. CAP also paid PAVS a contribution of £3,977 toward their HUB reception team.” — page 50
“PAVS is the local fund holder for Hubberston & Hakin Invest Local Community Fund. During the year, £19,748 (2024: £19,316) was awarded to PAVS from the fund to fund a Community Development Officer post. The decision was made by the Hubberston & Hakin Community Forum. PAVS does not have a voting right on the forum.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: PAVS is the local fund holder for Hubberston & Hakin Invest Local Community Fund. During the year, £19,748 (2024: £19,316) was awarded to PAVS from the fund to fund a Community Development Officer post. The decision was made by the Hubberston & Hakin Community Forum. PAVS does not have a voting right on the forum.
“Citizens Advice Pembrokeshire (CAP) is a related party due to having a trustee in common. CAP rent office space from PAVS. During the period that it was a related party, rent of £15,500 (2024: £12,500) was charged to CAP. At 31 March 2025 a balance was not owed by the related party. CAP also paid PAVS a contribution of £3,977 toward their HUB reception team.” — page 50
“PAVS is the local fund holder for Hubberston & Hakin Invest Local Community Fund. During the year, £19,748 (2024: £19,316) was awarded to PAVS from the fund to fund a Community Development Officer post. The decision was made by the Hubberston & Hakin Community Forum. PAVS does not have a voting right on the forum.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. 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: 2
  • Government income: £435,416 — grants £435,416 (8); 21% of the £2,089,741 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £351,849 — grants £351,849 (6); 19% of the £1,835,701 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

  • Government income: £532,595 — grants £532,595 (9); 24% of the £2,173,921 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Corporate structure

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.

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.

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.

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

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.0m
Reserves (reported)
£517k
Employees
28

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Pembrokeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.1m£2.0m
31/03/2024£1.8m£1.9m
31/03/2023£2.2m£2.7m
31/03/2022£1.9m£1.7m
31/03/2021£2.2m£1.7m

Common questions

Is PEMBROKESHIRE ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funding received increased by 13.8% to £2,089,741, while expenditure rose by 1.7% to £1,975,739, resulting in a net increase in unrestricted reserves of £94,764. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £517,186, which is above the Board's target of £281,000. The Trustees consider the charity a going concern, citing strong relationships with funders and secured multi-year agreements. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Who funds PEMBROKESHIRE ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PEMBROKESHIRE ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES as a grant recipient include WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION, BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2021£370kActive Inclusion - East Wales / Active Inclusion - West Wales & the Valleys / Infrastructure Funding / Landfill Tax / Volunteering Wales / Wales for Africa / Co
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2025£248kGrants payable
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2022£240kGrant
BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITEDFY2025£105kInvest Local Area

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2012£828kStronger Communities: Better Services
The National Lottery Community Fund18/01/2012£18kStronger Communities: Better Services

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EVELYN TRUST1£144k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEMBROKESHIRE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ORGANISATIONS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PEMBROKESHIRE ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES£2.1m—0above—no doubt
PEMBROKESHIRE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ORGANISATIONS FY2025£625k—0unclear—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WREXHAM FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt
PEMBROKESHIRE VOLUNTARY TRANSPORT FY2025£298k—0unclear—no doubt
WARWICKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt

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