MANSFIELD COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE (CVS)

Registered charity 1099194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MANSFIELD CVS, MCVS

Mansfield CVS is an umbrella organisation set up to support the people of Mansfield and district and specifically to provide advice, guidance and training to the community and voluntary sector in Mansfield. The groups total about 500 in the area, including 90 plus self help groups.

Objects

A. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF MANSFIELD AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD 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: MANSFIELD

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is healthy with stable operating cashflow, resulting in total net assets of £296,897. However, the trustees report that the charity faces risks including the threat of funding renewals from historic contacts like Notts County Council and the NHS, as well as rising costs and a stagnant labour market.

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.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mansfield CVS (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Craig Whitby · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Hagen BEM
• Peter Clarke
• TERESA CULLEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Veronica Cooper

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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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MALDON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

• MALDON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £408k
• MANSFIELD CAT RESCUE income £124k
• MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP income £116k
• MANSFIELD AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £114k
• CVS Lincolnshire income £2.5m
• SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £4.8m

Side by side with its peers

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