TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES
Registered charity 1108177 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
CVST provides support for the community and organisations through a wide range of services such as community development activities, information, advice, training, grant giving, accommodation, events and a newsletter. CVST acts as a strategic partner and facilitates representation of the sector, encourages liaison between groups and develops new services to meet identified gaps.
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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £459,512 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the £1,309,747 deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves excluding designated funds decreased slightly to just under £249,466, while total net assets stood at £1,676,826. The trustees confirm the charity is in a good position with sufficient assets to continue delivering activities and fulfilling obligations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £249k)
“The Board of Trustees report that the charity’s free reserves are sufficient to cover 3 months running costs, property maintenance, management, redundancy, administration and support costs and any potential liabilities in line with its established reserves policy.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Expenditure incurred from Essex Carers Support.
“During the year, the charitable company incurred expenditure from Essex Carers Support amounting to £200 (2024: £Nil). The amount outstanding at the balance sheet date is £Nil (2024: £Nil).” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CVST (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- HOWE, Lynne Christine — director, appointed 17/09/2025on trustee list
- ROPER, Thea — director, appointed 07/09/2022on trustee list
- ALLEN, Indira — director, appointed 03/12/2021on trustee list
- BROWN, Anne — director, appointed 03/12/2021on trustee list
- NORMAN, Mark Paul — director, appointed 17/08/2019on trustee list
- NEWMAN, Robert John — director, appointed 12/07/2013not on trustee list
- GELDARD, Jonathan Andrew Frederick — director, appointed 01/07/2009on trustee list
- ELLIS, Brenda Joyce — director, appointed 06/01/2005on trustee list
- ANDREWS, Annalisa Raquel — secretary, appointed 17/09/2025
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £155k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
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: Donations and legacies (60% 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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (21/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Brenda Ellischair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Anne Brown
- Bob Newman
- Dr JONATHAN ANDREW FREDERICK GELDARD
- Indira Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
- Lynne Howe
- Mark Norman
- Thea Roper
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £459,512 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the £1,309,747 deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves excluding designated funds decreased slightly to just under £249,466, while total net assets stood at £1,676,826. The trustees confirm the charity is in a good position with sufficient assets to continue delivering activities and fulfilling obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.
Who funds TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES as a grant recipient include ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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Side by side with its peers
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