VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES

Registered charity 1105259 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIRM FAMILY FOUNDATIONS, KENSINGTON CHARITY CENTRE

1) To improve the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of the administration of charities and in particular but without prejudicing the generality of the foregoing, to provide office space with integrated services to such charities.2) To support such charity or charities or such charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion think fit.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £2,341,839 at the year end, an increase from the previous year. The charity generated a small net income of £36,491 from charitable activities, with total incoming resources of £1,747,934 against total expenditure of £1,711,443. The trustees report 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

Largest income source: Programme income (41% of income)
“Programme income Charity Centre - Media 720,392” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a level that will allow the charity to continue to fund ongoing activities should there be a significant drop in rental income (held: £2.3m)
“The Trustees have agreed a reserves policy that requires reserves to be maintained at a level that will allow the charity to continue to fund ongoing activities should there be a significant drop in rental income.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Charity is landlord to Governance Ministries Charity (1051780) - a Charity that has Trustees in common - at the London Studios. Transactions are conducted at market value.
“The Charity is landlord to Governance Ministries Charity (1051780) - a Charity that has Trustees in common - at the London Studios. Transactions are conducted at market value.” — page 27
“The Charity, via its wholly owned subsidiary, Voluntary Sector Centres 1 Ltd, has a 45.79% (2024 - 37.13%) in Mansion Garden Estates Ltd. During the year, services and recharges totalling £172,145 net (2024 - £156,742) were supplied by Mansion Garden Estates Ltd.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Charity, via its wholly owned subsidiary, Voluntary Sector Centres 1 Ltd, has a 45.79% interest in Mansion Garden Estates Ltd. During the year, services and recharges totalling £172,145 net were supplied by Mansion Garden Estates Ltd.
“The Charity is landlord to Governance Ministries Charity (1051780) - a Charity that has Trustees in common - at the London Studios. Transactions are conducted at market value.” — page 27
“The Charity, via its wholly owned subsidiary, Voluntary Sector Centres 1 Ltd, has a 45.79% (2024 - 37.13%) in Mansion Garden Estates Ltd. During the year, services and recharges totalling £172,145 net (2024 - £156,742) were supplied by Mansion Garden Estates Ltd.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Voluntary Sector Centres 1 Limited
“Voluntary Sector Centres 1 Limited (VSC 1 Ltd) - 100 Ordinary £1 shares (100%)” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by McCabe Ford Williams. 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£1.7m£1.7m
30/04/2024£2.5m£2.5m
30/04/2023£2.8m£2.8m
30/04/2022£2.5m£2.4m
30/04/2021£2.3m£1.9m

Common questions

Is VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £2,341,839 at the year end, an increase from the previous year. The charity generated a small net income of £36,491 from charitable activities, with total incoming resources of £1,747,934 against total expenditure of £1,711,443. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by McCabe Ford Williams.

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 MA CENTRE UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES£1.7m—0above—no doubt
MA CENTRE UK FY2025£249k—0unclear—no doubt
IMPACT GOSPEL CENTRE FY2025£223k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025£763k—0unclear—no doubt
VOLUNTEER CENTRE KENSINGTON & CHELSEA FY2025£630k—0above—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WREXHAM FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt

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