EREWASH VOLUNTARY ACTION - COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 1069838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EREWASH CVS, EREWASH VOLUNTARY ACTION CVS

VCS Infrastructure provision, Volunteer Centre,

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £189,109 for the year, with total unrestricted general funds of £597,558. Per the trustees' report, these reserves exceed the stated policy target of six months' running costs, which are estimated at £200,000. The charity notes that its future delivery of services remains dependent on securing future funding from partners such as the Integrated Care Board and County Council.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“No expenditure was incurred on fundraising and we do not employ external agencies nor do we pay any commissions.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months running costs currently estimated at £200,000 (held: £598k)
“The board aims to provide a figure which equates to six months running costs currently estimated at £200,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sibbalds Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£264k
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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).

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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£1.5m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.1m£962k
31/03/2023£1.1m£964k
31/03/2022£958k£538k
31/03/2021£697k£432k

Common questions

Is EREWASH VOLUNTARY ACTION - COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £189,109 for the year, with total unrestricted general funds of £597,558. Per the trustees' report, these reserves exceed the stated policy target of six months' running costs, which are estimated at £200,000. The charity notes that its future delivery of services remains dependent on securing future funding from partners such as the Integrated Care Board and County Council. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sibbalds Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2025£404kErewash Community Wellness Project

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 ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WREXHAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EREWASH VOLUNTARY ACTION - COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE£1.5m—0unclear0.0%no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WREXHAM FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES FY2024£526k—0unclear—no doubt
VOLUNTEER CENTRE BLACKPOOL WYRE AND FYLDE FY2025£626k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARLOW FY2024£303k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WOLSTON, ST MARGARET'S FY2025£100k—0unclear—noted

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