WARWICKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION

Registered charity 1123402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAVA

Support to the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Organisations through Funding and Governance advice and support , Training , Community development . Strong representation, Group support and development . Campaigning and promotion, Volunteer recruitment and good practice in Volunteer management, Direct delivery projects include Social Prescribing, Youth Employment and two Big Local areas

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves at year-end were £237,347, which is above the charity's stated policy target of £125,946 (15% of unrestricted expenditure). The charity reported a net incoming resource of £118,953 for the year, driven by unrestricted income and the sale of premises, while restricted funds showed a small net expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 15% of unrestricted funds expended (held: £237k)
“we have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charitable company should equate to no less than 15% of the unrestricted funds expended. This equates to £125,946.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Burgis & Bullock. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £110k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£237k
Employees
36

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 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 (83% 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).

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Solihull · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.0m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.4m£1.3m

Common questions

Is WARWICKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves at year-end were £237,347, which is above the charity's stated policy target of £125,946 (15% of unrestricted expenditure). The charity reported a net incoming resource of £118,953 for the year, driven by unrestricted income and the sale of premises, while restricted funds showed a small net expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Burgis & Bullock.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2023£10kNewtown Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund05/04/2016£2.3mTalent Match Coventry and Warwickshire
The National Lottery Community Fund03/10/2014£20kBuilding VCSE Delivery Capacity in Coventry & Warwickshire
The National Lottery Community Fund17/01/2013£10kLearning for Success
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2012£262kProject Nirvana

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WARWICKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE FY2025£3.4m£65,000—unclear0.2%no doubt
Wolverhampton Voluntary and Community Action FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
NOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY YOUTH SERVICES FY2024£526k—0unclear—no doubt
DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025£691k—0unclear—no doubt

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