NOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 1070790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NCVS, NOTTINGHAM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

- To enable groups in our diverse, sustainable and successful community and voluntary sector to further their aims.- To enable individuals to be involved in their community and to benefit as a result- To enable the community and voluntary sector to have an effective involvement and a strong voice in strategic partnerships and planning processes

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£683k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £4,084,387, driven by a significant transfer of £858,910 from the Robin Hood Charity Trust. The charity reports a surplus for the year with unrestricted reserves of £3,815,895, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months' operation. The auditor confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months operation (held: £3.8m)
“Our ideal position would be to hold free reserves sufficient for six months operation” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HSKSG Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£683k
Reserves (reported)
£3.8m
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~67.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (57% 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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Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.6m£683k
31/03/2024£621k£577k
31/03/2023£430k£665k
31/03/2022£827k£559k
31/03/2021£354k£472k

Common questions

Is NOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £4,084,387, driven by a significant transfer of £858,910 from the Robin Hood Charity Trust. The charity reports a surplus for the year with unrestricted reserves of £3,815,895, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months' operation. The auditor confirmed the appropriateness of the going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HSKSG Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2025£17kNottingham CVS 150th Anniversary
UK government19/12/2022£5kALB-Historic England-Heritage Buddies
UK government01/04/2018£32kJourney to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
Sport England04/08/2017£9kBAME Sports Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/03/2017£8k"40 years of volunteering 1977-2017"
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2016£5kBest in Nottingham Awards
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2015£10kKnow Your Nottingham
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/11/2014£10k"The problem of the poor: the dawn of modern social action and Nottingham lives, 1875-1901"
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2010£9kConnecting Nottingham's Voluntary Sector
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2009£447kNottinghamshire Funding Advice Service
The National Lottery Community Fund05/07/2005£166kReduce the isolation of individuals at social & economic disadvantage
UK government—£50kJobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE£1.6m—0above—no doubt
COMMUNITY SOUTHWARK FY2025£1.2m——below—no doubt
MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CENTRAL FY2025£2.2m—0below—no doubt
NORTH TYNESIDE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FY2025£876k—0unclear—no doubt
NHANCED COMMUNITIES FY2025£182k—0unclear—no doubt
WARWICKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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