VOLUNTARY IMPACT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LTD

Registered charity 1087513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHAMPTON VOLUNTEERING CENTRE, VOLUNTARY IMPACT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire's aim is to support community action for the benefit of individuals and contribute to more sustainable communities.Our objectives are to:Provide infrastructure services for voluntary sector organisations in Northampton to enable them to make a full contribution to society;Promote community action and enable individuals to benefit from volunteering.

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£942k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £300,077 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £1,241,821 from £802,314 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £66,982, which the trustees consider appropriate given their policy of holding three months of running costs in an uncertain funding landscape.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of running costs (held: £67k)

“The Trustees have reviewed the amount of reserves they think is necessary for VIN and decided that three months of running costs is appropriate.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Purchases of £2,440 were made with Community Space Northampton for event space. T J Birch was a trustee for both charities.

“Purchases of £2,440 (2024: £1,187) were made with Community Space Northampton for event space for meetings held. T J Birch was a trustee for both charities during the year.” — page 33

“Purchases of £2,712 (2024: £2,266) were made from Personal Strengths Coaching Limited, a company that N A Jackson is a director of.” — page 33

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Purchases of £2,712 were made from Personal Strengths Coaching Limited, a company that N A Jackson is a director of.

“Purchases of £2,440 (2024: £1,187) were made with Community Space Northampton for event space for meetings held. T J Birch was a trustee for both charities during the year.” — page 33

“Purchases of £2,712 (2024: £2,266) were made from Personal Strengths Coaching Limited, a company that N A Jackson is a director of.” — page 33

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Russell Rolph — Chief Executive (source)
Damon Boughen — Interim Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£942k

Reserves (reported)

£302k

Employees

25

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Clive Dylan Williams
Damon Boughen
EMILIE VAVASOUR
GLENN DUDMAN
Nicola Anne Jackson

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.2m	£942k
31/03/2024	£802k	£805k
31/03/2023	£784k	£794k
31/03/2022	£809k	£830k
31/03/2021	£883k	£944k

Common questions

Is VOLUNTARY IMPACT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £300,077 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £1,241,821 from £802,314 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £66,982, which the trustees consider appropriate given their policy of holding three months of running costs in an uncertain funding landscape. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of VOLUNTARY IMPACT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds VOLUNTARY IMPACT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name VOLUNTARY IMPACT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LTD as a grant recipient include NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND, THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£14k
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND	FY2024	£10k	Force for Change programme
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£4k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/04/2024	£135k	Happy @ Home
Postcode Lottery	31/07/2023	£10k	Project Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/11/2021	£10k	Community Organising in a left behind neighbourhood
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/10/2021	£207k	Happy @ Home
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/07/2020	£47k	Movement for Unmet Need
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/02/2020	£35k	Northamptonshire VCSE Assembly
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/07/2015	£9k	The Harmony Group
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/03/2015	£4k	Building Better Opportunities Northamptonshire
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/03/2015	£390k	School of Life (SoL)
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/10/2014	£10k	Building Better Opportunities for Northamptonshire
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/08/2012	£8k	Northamptonshire Development Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/04/2011	£387k	School of Life
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/10/2010	£7k	Small Group Training Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/02/2007	£184k	Springboard
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/09/2006	£5k	Widening Opportunities for Volunteering in Northampton
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/01/2006	£84k	To establish the Northampton VCS Forum

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LOCAL TRUST	1	£453k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	1	£150k
DAVID LAING FOUNDATION	1	£141k
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£140k
THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION	1	£43k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£42k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	1	£30k
MICHAEL GUEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VOLUNTEER ACTION.

VOLUNTEER ACTION income £225k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.7m
NORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.4m
VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED income £190k
VOLUNTARY NORFOLK income £4.4m
NORTH TYNESIDE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY income £876k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VOLUNTARY IMPACT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LTD	£1.2m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
VOLUNTEER ACTION FY2025	£225k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.7m	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED FY2025	£190k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VOLUNTARY NORFOLK FY2025	£4.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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