CVS SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Registered charity 1099702 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICES SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

We support the development of voluntary and community organisations in South Gloucestershire. We encourage networking and partnership building to share information, skills and knowledge. We provide training and fundraising advice and support the governance of our members. We enable representation of the sector to ensure their views are taken into account.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED 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: SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity posted a deficit of £10,425 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Free reserves stood at £26,682, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £22,000 (three months' running costs). The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• South Gloucestershire Council — “The partnership began in April 2018 and is grant-funded by South Gloucestershire Council over three years.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• BERKELEY Spencer WILDE
• Deborah Gee
• Ian Dibble
• Jamsher Singh Gill
• Jay Gregg-Harris
• MARK CRUTCHLEY
• Susan Parsons

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITIZENS ADVICE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

• CITIZENS ADVICE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £964k
• SOUTH DERBYSHIRE CVS income £1.5m
• CYMDEITHAS GWASANAETHAU GWIRFODDOL SIR GAR / CARMARTHENSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £752k
• THE CARERS CENTRE (BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE) income £1.2m
• TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £1.2m
• SWANSEA C V S income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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