ASHFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION

Registered charity 1089635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASHFIELD LINKS FORUM

To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community and, in particular, the advancement of education, the protection of health, and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness. To engage, involve and empower individuals and groups within the community.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF ASHFIELD ( THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND , IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL GOVERMENT DISTRICT OF ASHFIELD

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ashfield, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £30,522 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £147,808 to £117,286. Per the trustees' report, the charity has maintained its reserves, exceeding the required three months' running costs, despite facing financial risks from uncertain future funding and delayed payments from partners.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Jenkins · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ann Hilton
• Kenneth Bradshaw
• PHILIP MARSHALL
• Teresa Jackson

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• ASHFORD VOLUNTEER CENTRE income £284k
• ENFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION income £884k
• AGHOSH UK income £2.2m
• ASSER BISHVIL FOUNDATION income £10.8m
• VOLUNTARY ACTION ISLINGTON LIMITED income £503k
• DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION income £691k

Side by side with its peers

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