VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH SOMERSET

Registered charity 1065916 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

VANS is the local infrastructure support organisation for voluntary and community groups and for volunteers across North Somerset.We provide a range of funding, development, training and networking activities to those groups.We also run the Volunteer Centre which provides information on volunteering opportunities and provides information and support to people wishing to volunteer.

Objects

The promotion of the voluntary sector, primarily but not exclusively in North Somerset for the public benefit by: 1. Liaising between charities, voluntary organisations, government agencies and other groups on relevant issues; 2. Providing training, conferences and seminars on subjects relevant to the efficiency of the voluntary sector; 3. Identifying needs in the voluntary sector and establishing projects or policies to address them; 4. Providing advice and information on fund-raising techniques appropriate for voluntary organisations and charities; 5. Advising businesses on charitable giving and encouraging employees to participate in voluntary work 6. Promoting volunteering and community involvementIn this clause, ?the voluntary sector? means charities and voluntary organisations defined as follows:?Charities? are organisations, which are established for exclusively charitable purposes in accordance with the law of England and Wales. ?Voluntary organisations? are independent organisations, which are established for purposes that add value to the community as a whole, or a significant section of the community, and which are not permitted by their constitution to make a profit for private distribution. Voluntary organisations do not include local government or other statutory authorities.

Area of benefit: LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT NORTH SOMERSET

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £388,735, which the trustees consider a prudent level to cover 12 months of charitable expenditure and 6 months of project funding. The charity reports a net income surplus of £93,884 for the year and confirms it remains in a financially stable position despite rising costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Voluntary Action North Somerset (VANS) (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Delyth Lloyd-Evanschair
• Christopher James Best
• Jade Danielle Moore-Dixon
• John David Klinker
• Ken Beecham
• Sally Quigg

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

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED.

• VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED income £190k
• VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM income £3.3m
• VOLUNTARY NORFOLK income £4.4m
• NORTH DEVON VOLUNTARY SERVICES LIMITED income £506k
• VOLUNTARY ACTION SHEFFIELD income £3.7m
• Wolverhampton Voluntary and Community Action income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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