THURROCK C.V.S (COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE)

Registered charity 1090253 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THURROCK C. V. S. (COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE), THURROCK CVS

Thurrock Council for Voluntary Service TCVS is the Local Infrastructure Organisation (LIO) for the local voluntary and community sector organisations. TCVS provides resources, advice, support and information, training and networking opportunities to VCS in Thurrock. All this aim to build the capacity of the VCS and enabling them to function according to their mission statement.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a deficit of £5,612 against gross income of £1,167,776, resulting in total reserves decreasing from £1,152,171 to £1,008,127. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves not designated or invested in tangible fixed assets stood at £153,441, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining between 3 and 6 months of core expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SCB (Accountants) Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£90k
Reserves (reported)
£393k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 7.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Thurrock

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2024£845k£948k
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2022£910k£870k
31/03/2021£903k£837k

Common questions

Is THURROCK C.V.S (COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a deficit of £5,612 against gross income of £1,167,776, resulting in total reserves decreasing from £1,152,171 to £1,008,127. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves not designated or invested in tangible fixed assets stood at £153,441, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of maintaining between 3 and 6 months of core expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SCB (Accountants) Ltd.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/09/2021£10kConstellations
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2020£61kCovid-19 response - Thurrock CVS
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2011£7kStep into the World of the Web
The National Lottery Community Fund20/06/2006£5kOutreach work
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2005£8kTea Parties, Exhibitions, Street Parties, Re-enacments
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2004£29kBusiness Development Manager for new resource centre

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THURROCK C.V.S (COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE)£1.2m——unclear—no doubt
TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£4.8m—0above—no doubt
THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£335k——above—no doubt
HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—noted
VOLUNTARY & COMMUNITY FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt

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