MALDON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 1086460 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MALDON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE, MALDON AND DISTRICT COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

M&DCVS aims to promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the district of Maldon. We support over 200 voluntary and community groups, offering services such as funding advice, training support and advice on legal and constitutional issues. As a Volunteer Centre, we also support anyone interested in volunteering and help them to identify volunteering opportunities.

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

Latest income
£408k
Latest spending
£323k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total funds increasing to £347,429. Free reserves stood at £137,541, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £80,650. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least a quarter of the annual resources expended (held: £138k)
The Board of Trustees has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds held by the charity should be at least a quarter of the annual resources expended. For the year ended 31 March 2025 this equated to £80,650 — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£408k£323k
31/03/2024£323k£318k
31/03/2023£347k£333k
31/03/2022£344k£290k
31/03/2021£299k£235k

Common questions

Is MALDON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total funds increasing to £347,429. Free reserves stood at £137,541, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £80,650. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. 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 Fund17/03/2023£2kCelebrating the Coronation
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2019£93kCreative Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2008£125kMaldon District Supported Volunteering Project
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2005£1kPromotional material
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2005£50kSupported volunteering for people with learning & mental health disabilitie

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANSFIELD COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE (CVS).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MALDON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE£408k0unclearno doubt
MANSFIELD COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE (CVS) FY2025£345k0unclearno doubt
COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (MEDWAY) FY2024£873k0belowno doubt
HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD FY2025£2.2m0unclearnoted
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL FY2025£1.6m£70,001 - £80,0001aboveno doubt
CHELMSFORD COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£466k0belowno doubt

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