CVS Lincolnshire
Registered charity 1072949 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as URBAN CHALLENGE LIMITED
Our mission is to enable the development of stable, thriving communities with the capacity to plan and manage lasting improvements to their quality of life.Our vision is of a strong and pro-active community and voluntary sector improving the lives of people in Lincolnshire.
Objects
TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES IN LINCOLN CITY SO AS TO MAKE THEM BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND MEET THEIR NEEDS THEMSELVES AND SO TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETYTO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RELIEF OF POVERTY ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT
Area of benefit: CITY OF LINCOLN
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £57,336 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £405,795 to £348,459. The trustees note challenging economic times but confirm the organization continues to operate and deliver services through partnerships and community engagement.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Discloses 3 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
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media 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)
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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 15
- Government income: £2,175,886 — contracts £1,538,568 (2), grants £637,318 (5); 87% of the £2,510,239 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 20
- Government income: £1,150,000 — contracts £826,770 (3), grants £323,230 (3); 75% of the £1,523,972 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 15
- Government income: £1,150,055 — contracts £800,655 (3), grants £349,400 (3); 54% of the £2,143,059 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).
- Anita Pritchard
- David Ronald Hair
- Julie Anne Ellis
- Mike Slaven
- NEVILLE IAN JACKSON · trustee of 1 other charity
- Paul Drury
- Samantha Hardy
- Stephen Holdaway · trustee of 1 other charity
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Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Lincolnshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CVS Lincolnshire financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £57,336 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £405,795 to £348,459. The trustees note challenging economic times but confirm the organization continues to operate and deliver services through partnerships and community engagement.
Who funds CVS Lincolnshire?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CVS Lincolnshire as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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