LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 1069356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOSTON DISTRICT COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE, SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service is a third sector infrastructure organisation, the accredited Volunteer Centre Operator and provides social prescribing link worker services in our area of benefit.We promote volunteering, build social fabric, boost resilience and support the health and wellbeing of communities & individuals by working with strategic partners identifying local needs

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Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £204,289 for the year ending March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £659,791. The unrestricted funds increased to £480,776, while restricted funds rose to £179,015. The document notes challenging economic times but confirms the charity continues to operate and support its communities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable Activities (81% of income)
“Charitable Activities 230,290 1,401,550 1,631,840 1,439,406”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

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

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

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£481k
Employees
50

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2021£1.0m£974k

Common questions

Is LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £204,289 for the year ending March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £659,791. The unrestricted funds increased to £480,776, while restricted funds rose to £179,015. The document notes challenging economic times but confirms the charity continues to operate and support its communities.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government11/08/2022£26kBishop Grosseteste University and Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service KTP 22_23 R2
UK government01/04/2022£6kBishop Grosseteste University and Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service KTP 22_23 R2
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2020£41kLCVS covid response
The National Lottery Community Fund05/09/2005£109kSupport the voluntary&community sector especially the new or developing gro

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO FY2025£5.6m——above—no doubt
LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt
CVS Lincolnshire FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED FY2025£190k—0unclear—no doubt
LINCOLNSHIRE INTEGRATED VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY SERVICE FY2025£4.0m——below—no doubt

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