CHELMSFORD COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 1112483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHELMSFORD 4 GOOD

Chelmsford CVS works to support, promote, and develop local voluntary action to improve the effectiveness of voluntary and community organisations in Chelmsford, Essex. We operate under the working name Chelmsford CVS and host projects including: Chelmsford Volunteering Centre, Chelmsford 4 Good, Chelmsford Men's Shed, Writtle Garden, Tennyson Live Well Garden, SWF Community Garden .

Objects

A. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF CHELMSFORD 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 ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF CHELMSFORD AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 total income decreased to £466,035 from £538,699 in the prior year, while expenditure fell to £432,878, resulting in a net income of £23,157. The trustees note that actual free reserves of £175,054 are below the stated policy target of £209,939, which represents six months of unrestricted expenditure.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05586169

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.

• DOBSON, Susan Melanie — director, appointed 05/12/2023on trustee list
• DEACON, Gregory — director, appointed 27/11/2023on trustee list
• LANGENBERG, Louis — director, appointed 23/11/2023on trustee list
• DAINES, Glenda Joy — director, appointed 31/01/2018on trustee list
• LOFTHOUSE, Allison — director, appointed 03/11/2008on trustee list

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (85% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALLISON LOFTHOUSE
• Dr Gregory Deacon
• Glenda Joy Daines
• JOHN RICHARD KNOTT
• Louis Langenberg
• Susan Melanie Dobson

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE UTTLESFORD.

• THE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE UTTLESFORD income £320k
• CITY OF CHELMSFORD MENCAP income £215k
• CHELMSFORD COUNSELLING FOUNDATION income £268k
• CHELMSFORD CANOE CLUB income £149k
• CHELMSFORD CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £276k
• Chelmsford Garden Community Trust income £175k

Side by side with its peers

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