GLOSSOP AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER BUREAU

Registered charity 1067170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BUREAU, VOLUNTEER CENTRE GLOSSOP

Volunteer Centre Glossop provides infrastructure support to Volunteer Involving organisations across all sectors. We also provide direct services to vulnerable people within the community.

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Latest income
£961k
Latest spending
£810k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus and holds unrestricted reserves of £468,789, which the trustees consider adequate for the current transitional period. While the charity faces challenges such as the loss of statutory funding from Derbyshire County Council and anticipated changes to NHS funding, it reports a strong financial position supported by a significant legacy donation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of running costs (held: £469k)
“The Bureau will seek, where possible, to maintain a general funds reserve equivalent to its running costs for a period of no less than three months and no more than six months.” — 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.

Corporate structure

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
£961k
Total spending
£810k
Reserves (reported)
£469k
Employees
27

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£961k£810k
31/03/2024£797k£849k
31/03/2023£743k£710k
31/03/2022£601k£661k
31/03/2021£794k£546k

Common questions

Is GLOSSOP AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus and holds unrestricted reserves of £468,789, which the trustees consider adequate for the current transitional period. While the charity faces challenges such as the loss of statutory funding from Derbyshire County Council and anticipated changes to NHS funding, it reports a strong financial position supported by a significant legacy donation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GLOSSOP AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER BUREAU?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOSSOP AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER BUREAU as a grant recipient include PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION, W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATIONFY2023£25k
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATIONFY2024£12k
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£1kIndependentAge

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2026£20kGlossop Volunteer & Student Counselling Service
The National Lottery Community Fund31/10/2024£20kGlossopdale Peer Group Safe Spaces
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2024£457kThe High Peak Social Connectedness Collective
Sport England08/01/2024£5kOur Gang
The National Lottery Community Fund09/06/2023£8kGlossopdale Peer Support
Sport England22/06/2021£4kTGC CF Move More Glossop
The National Lottery Community Fund19/02/2021£10kPathways to Employment
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2020£18kCovid Call and Connect
UK government01/04/2019£18kBuilding Connections Fund
UK government02/01/2019£18kBuilding Connections Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2018£45kConnecting Glossopdale
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2018£10k?A new home for Super Volunteers?
The National Lottery Community Fund09/03/2016£7kConnect Glossop project
The National Lottery Community Fund12/07/2012£155kCommunity Companions
The National Lottery Community Fund12/06/2006£128kGlossop Volunteer Bureau Volunteer Car Scheme
The National Lottery Community Fund27/10/2005£149kHands On!

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW MILLS AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOSSOP AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER BUREAU£961k—0above—no doubt
NEW MILLS AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER CENTRE FY2025£174k—0above—noted
SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE FY2025£3.4m£65,000—unclear0.2%no doubt
GLAMORGAN VOLUNTARY SERVICES FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
DERBYSHIRE DALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£404k—0above—no doubt
DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025£691k—0unclear—no doubt

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