THE BOSTON VOLUNTEER CENTRE CHARITY

Registered charity 1069816 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOSTON VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Provision of low cost accommodation and related services to other charities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND PURPOSES IN BOSTON LINCOLNSHIRE IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF LOW COST ACCOMMODATION AND RELATED SERVICES FOR SUCH ORGANISATIONS AND BY HOLDING REVERSIONARY INTERESTS IN PROPERTY WHICH IS OCCUPIED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Area of benefit: BOSTON LINCOLNSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Boston, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£131k

Latest spending

£95k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £35,520 for the year, with total incoming resources of £130,716 against total resources expended of £95,196. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £44,127, which is above the stated policy target of three months of expenditure (£23,686), and the going concern statement confirms sufficient resources to meet requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £44k)

“the trustees consider that free reserves to cover expenditure over a three month period in the case of all income ceasing would be sufficient.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 30/09/2025

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £43,027 — grants £43,027 (1); 33% of the £130,716 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

Volunteers: 8

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Donna Loraine Gravelingchair
JAYNE ELIZABETH MORRIS
Mark Baker
Michael William Gilbert
Samantha Castle
Susan Applegarth

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£131k	£95k
30/09/2024	£86k	£90k
30/09/2023	£107k	£83k
30/09/2022	£84k	£58k
30/09/2021	£65k	£66k

Common questions

Is THE BOSTON VOLUNTEER CENTRE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net incoming resource of £35,520 for the year, with total incoming resources of £130,716 against total resources expended of £95,196. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £44,127, which is above the stated policy target of three months of expenditure (£23,686), and the going concern statement confirms sufficient resources to meet requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE BOSTON VOLUNTEER CENTRE CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BOSTON VOLUNTEER CENTRE CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/02/2023	£10k	Supporting local service user groups with the cost of living crisis
UK government	25/09/2020	£8k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/06/2016	£10k	The Room 2, Reception, Room 38 and technology facilities upgrade
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/02/2013	£8k	Flexible Facilities for the Len Medlock Centre

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£45k
THE NANI HUYU CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£20k
QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£19k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	1	£17k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HYNDBURN VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE LTD.

HYNDBURN VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE LTD income £84k
VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES income £1.7m
HALESWORTH VOLUNTEER CENTRE income £112k
THE BRISTOL CHILDREN'S HELP SOCIETY income £295k
THE BRISTOL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION income £511k
CASTLE DONINGTON VOLUNTEER CENTRE income £91k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BOSTON VOLUNTEER CENTRE CHARITY	£131k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HYNDBURN VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE LTD FY2025	£84k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HALESWORTH VOLUNTEER CENTRE FY2025	£112k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE BRISTOL CHILDREN'S HELP SOCIETY FY2025	£295k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRISTOL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FY2025	£511k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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