HART VOLUNTARY ACTION LIMITED
Registered charity 1119912 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
HVA is a Council for Voluntary Services which offers support to voluntary and community groups in order to strengthen voluntary and community action across Hart District. We link the voluntary sector, local authorities and other statutory bodies. HVA also manages a Volunteer Centre which promotes and increases volunteering and has expertise in the recruitment and management of volunteers.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity incurred an overall deficit of £33,217 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by unrestricted and restricted fund deficits. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free reserves stood at £66,621, which is on target against the stated policy of maintaining six months of average unrestricted operating costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of average unrestricted operating costs (held: £67k)
“This target is set at six months of average unrestricted operating costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hart Voluntary Action (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.
- DUDFIELD, Helen Jane — director, appointed 30/07/2026on trustee list
- GAYNOR, Mark — director, appointed 02/09/2025on trustee list
- DOLAN, Michael James — director, appointed 02/09/2025on trustee list
- BOOTH, Ian Anthony — director, appointed 27/10/2023on trustee list
- ASTLES, David Philip — director, appointed 28/04/2023on trustee list
- RAWLINS, Michael — director, appointed 08/02/2019on trustee list
- EAST, Bryan Martin Ford — director, appointed 31/03/2017on trustee list
- WINCHURCH, Caroline Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 01/04/2013
Official officers record.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)
Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Ian Anthony Boothchair
- Bryan East
- David Phillip Astles
- Dr Helen Jane Dudfield
- Mark Steven Gaynor
- Michael James Dolan
- Michael Rawlins
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hampshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HART VOLUNTARY ACTION LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred an overall deficit of £33,217 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by unrestricted and restricted fund deficits. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free reserves stood at £66,621, which is on target against the stated policy of maintaining six months of average unrestricted operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HART VOLUNTARY ACTION LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HART VOLUNTARY ACTION LIMITED as a grant recipient include CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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