THE VOLUNTARY NETWORK

Registered charity 1082478 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

a) to provide, maintain and develop Community Transport services, supporting those who are facing transport povertyb) to provide, maintain and develop a Befriending Servicec) to support the development and establishment of any further projects for which need is identified.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND DEVELOP THE WORK OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE DISTRICT OF FOREST HEATH AND ADJACENT PARISHES IN EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE FOR ALL OR ANY PURPOSES DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS SICKNESS, SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT SO AS NOT TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:-(A) TO MAINTAIN A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS FORUM PROVIDING THE MEANS WHERE LOCAL VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WILL FIND MUTUAL SUPPORT, AND WILL SHARE COMMON ISSUES, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES BY:(I) INVOLVING THOSE ORGANISATIONS IN THE CREATION OF A COLLECTIVE VOICE FOR THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELDS OF PLANNING AND NEGOTIATION.(II) CO-ORDINATION OF RESEARCH AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS, AND ENCOURAGING AN CO-ORDINATED RESPONSE; AND WITH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES OR DEVELOPMENT OR LIAISON WITH OTHER BODIES(B) TO MAINTAIN A VOLUNTEER BUREAU TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING IN THE AREA AND:(I) TO HELP AND ADVISE PEOPLE THINKING OF VOLUNTEERING ABOUT THE WORK OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND ASSIST THEM TO FIND SUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES.(II) TO RECRUIT, ASSESS AND PLACE VOLUNTEERS IN VOLUNTARY TASKS AND TO PROVIDE CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR THEM IN THEIR ENDEAVOURS(C) TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT PARTNERSHIP.(D) TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY FURTHER PROJECTS FOR WHICH NEED IS IDENTIFIED.

Area of benefit: FOREST HEATH AND EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £182,115, with the trustees regarding this level as adequate for immediate needs despite financial risks. The charity reported a net income of £38,027 and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03954998

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WESTLAKE, Piers — director, appointed 25/09/2025on trustee list
• MILLER, John Graham Rex — director, appointed 10/01/2022on trustee list
• LAIRD, Robin James Kirkup — director, appointed 13/12/2020on trustee list
• KERBY, Tom — director, appointed 19/11/2020not on trustee list
• WILSON, Caroline Louise — secretary, appointed 09/02/2006

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Graham Rex Miller
• Piers John Francis Westlake
• Robin James Kirkup Laird
• Thomas Alfred Kerby

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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