IMAGO COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1108388 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VOLUNTARY ACTION WEST KENT, VOLUNTARY ACTION WITHIN KENT, WEST KENT COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the local government district of Kent and its neighbourhood but also elsewhere, and in particular the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness.To promote, organise and facilitate co-operation and partnership working between sectors and relevant bodies.

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 reported a net operating surplus of £8,824 and a total overall surplus of £13,379 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Free general reserves were £240,182, which the Trustees confirmed is on target for their stated reserves policy. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified 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 audited by RE Jones & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05354482

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Imago Community (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Birketts LLP — “"Birketts LLP, Sevenoaks office is proud to be supporting Imago Community this year. We hope by supporting the charity, we as a firm can hel…” (source page)

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.

• HARE, Chris — director, appointed 23/09/2022on trustee list
• BARROW, Andrew John — director, appointed 12/09/2014not on trustee list
• ELLIS, Laura Christine — director, appointed 04/07/2014on trustee list
• CHEESMAN, John Andrew — director, appointed 12/04/2013on trustee list
• ROGULA, Elizabeth — director, appointed 15/01/2013on trustee list
• WEEKS, Edward — director, appointed 20/11/2009on trustee list
• SWANSON, Danielle — director, appointed 20/11/2009on trustee list
• WOODHOUSE, Paul Richard — director, appointed 09/12/2008on trustee list
• JAMES, Elizabeth Samantha — secretary, appointed 01/09/2026

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £500k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (13/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/12/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL WOODHOUSEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andy Barrow · trustee of 1 other charity
• Chris Hare
• DANIELLE SWANSON
• EDWARD WEEKS
• ELIZABETH ROGULA · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN ANDREW CHEESMAN
• Laura Ellis

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

Operates in: Bexley · East Sussex · Havering · Kent · Medway · Southwark

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 IMO CHARITY.

• IMO CHARITY income £1.1m
• IMAGINE FOUNDATION income £268k
• COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY income £3.0m
• KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £5.5m
• COMMUNITY ACTION ISLE OF WIGHT income £2.0m
• Stockport County Community Trust income £976k

Side by side with its peers

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