Canterbury District Volunteer Centre LTD

Registered charity 1090620 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANTERBURY AND HERNE BAY VOLUNTEER CENTRE LIMITED, CANTERBURY VOLUNTEER CENTRE LIMITED

The Canterbury and Herne Bay Volunteer Centre promotes and develops volunteering within the Canterbury District in all its many facets including both the support of volunteers and organisations who utilise volunteers.We also undertake projects, utilising volunteers, for the benefit of the local community and responding to local need.

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Latest income
£76k
Latest spending
£88k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £11,325 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £118,744. The trustees acknowledge increased pressure on public spending and funding streams but confirm the charity can continue to operate on a going concern basis. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £114,744, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to twelve months of operating expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to twelve months of operating expenditure (held: £115k)
“It is the policy of the charity's trustees to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level that equates to a minimum of three months and a maximum of twelve months of operating expenditure.” — 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.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£76k£88k
31/03/2024£91k£130k
31/03/2023£93k£91k
31/03/2022£97k£91k
31/03/2021£129k£99k

Common questions

Is Canterbury District Volunteer Centre LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £11,325 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £118,744. The trustees acknowledge increased pressure on public spending and funding streams but confirm the charity can continue to operate on a going concern basis. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £114,744, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to twelve months of operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Canterbury District Volunteer Centre LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Canterbury District Volunteer Centre LTD as a grant recipient include THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION, THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kCore Costs
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery07/03/2025£15kMillionaire Street 2025 03w3
The National Lottery Community Fund21/12/2023£20kTransporting Seniors
The National Lottery Community Fund10/12/2021£10kBefriending Seniors
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2019£44kVirtual Volunteering (Virtually. . .everyone can volunteer)
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2018£5kVolunteering Roadshows
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2015£5kA4A - Eyes Wide Open - An introduction to volunteering
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2012£265kHealthy Homes and Healthy Minds
The National Lottery Community Fund25/10/2012£4kVolunteers' Forum
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2010£7kVolunteer Coordinators Forum and Support Network
The National Lottery Community Fund22/11/2005£5kEmployee volunteering scheme