THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION

Registered charity 1122095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of social entrepreneurship and support for social entrepreneurs in the UK and worldwide, plus the creation and support of new projects run which are by young people for young people to address their needs and concerns.

Objects

OBJECTS3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS RECOGNISED AS BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF EVERY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Area of benefit: EVERY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with total income of £1,071,842 against expenditure of £1,545,116. However, the trustees report that free reserves stood at £697,604, which is well in excess of their stated target of £130,000. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sedulo Audit Limited. 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Centre For Innovation In Voluntary Action (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Michael Norton — Honorary Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~25.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Sharon Taylorchair
• Erica Ruth Neve
• HENRY WARREN
• Jonathan Samuel Saverimuttu · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL NORTON
• MR DAVE MILLER
• Marie-Mathilde Suberbere
• Mr Richard Vincenzo Scott
• Nicola Pollock · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: China · Hong Kong · India · Northern Ireland · Scotland · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHARITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

• CHARITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP income £4.3m
• VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES income £1.7m
• THE TALENT FUND income £2.2m
• THE CENTRE FOR ENVIROMENTAL INITIATIVES income £337k
• CREATIVE MENTOR NETWORK income £404k
• CHARITIES ADMINISTERED BY THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FOUNDERS income £99k

Side by side with its peers

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