LEICESTERSHIRE VOLUNTARY SECTOR RESOURCE AGENCY

Registered charity 1072595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNITIES IN PARTNERSHIP

Encourages individuals and organisations to work in partnership to build stronger, safer and better communities - under the banners of Reaching People and CIP ( Communities in Partnership). Supports, involves and enables individuals, communities and organisations to influence and improve, planning and delivery of services. Provides services for the VCS to develop and improve.

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Latest income
£806k
Latest spending
£795k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £11,042 for the year ended 31 March 2025, despite sector-wide funding challenges. The trustees report that prudent financial management and diversified funding streams have strengthened the charity's resilience. Total reserves stood at £174,574, with unrestricted reserves of £20,000 and designated reserves of £147,974.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income
£806k
Total spending
£795k
Reserves (reported)
£168k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire · Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£806k£795k
31/03/2024£972k£983k
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.0m£986k

Common questions

Is LEICESTERSHIRE VOLUNTARY SECTOR RESOURCE AGENCY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £11,042 for the year ended 31 March 2025, despite sector-wide funding challenges. The trustees report that prudent financial management and diversified funding streams have strengthened the charity's resilience. Total reserves stood at £174,574, with unrestricted reserves of £20,000 and designated reserves of £147,974. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2020£273kLeading in Leicester and Leicestershire
UK government20/12/2018£10kBuilding Connections Fund - Community Spaces
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2018£47kLeadership Programme (Development Grant)
The National Lottery Community Fund25/05/2018£10kMember Organisations Best Practice Sharing 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION1£483k
YOUNG MANCHESTER1£136

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEICESTERSHIRE, LEICESTER AND RUTLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEICESTERSHIRE VOLUNTARY SECTOR RESOURCE AGENCY£806k0unclearno doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE, LEICESTER AND RUTLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£702k0unclearno doubt
LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£1.7m0unclearno doubt
LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2024£150k0aboveno doubt
LEICESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.0m£80,001 - £90,0001unclearno doubt
THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£335kaboveno doubt

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