HUNTINGDONSHIRE VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Registered charity 1126811 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Huntingdonshire Volunteer Centre (HVC) aims to promote and develop volunteering across Huntingdonshire. It operates from bases in each of the four main towns, providing some services directly (e.g. Social Car Scheme, Gardening service) and others by putting volunteers in touch with other charities. It works to develop and market volunteering opportunities and good practice.

Objects

TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING IN THE HUNTINGDONSHIRE DISTRICT OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE TO ACHIEVE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 fell by 6% to £114,929 while charitable expenditure rose by 17% to £142,941, resulting in a deficit for the year. The trustees report a 'worrying worsening' in the financial situation due to declining income and increased costs, noting that funds available for the coming year have fallen by 15%.

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 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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 06726114 · Financial health read from its filings

Funders the charity credits

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

• St Ives Town Council — “St Ives Town Council” (source page)
• St Neots Town Council — “St Neots Town Council” (source page)
• Huntingdon Town Council — “Huntingdon Town Council” (source page)
• Godmanchester Town Council — “Godmanchester Town Council” (source page)
• Huntingdon Freemans Trust — “Huntingdon Freemans Trust” (source page)
• Lloyds Bank Foundation — “Lloyds Bank Foundation” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “The National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• Kimbolton Dental Studio — “Kimbolton Dental Studio” (source page)
• Property Care Association — “Property Care Association” (source page)
• Houghton & Wyton Parish Council — “Houghton & Wyton Parish Council” (source page)
• Fenstanton Parish Council — “Fenstanton Parish Council” (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.

• LEIGH-BROWN, Natalie — director, appointed 27/06/2024on trustee list
• CAMILLERI, Dennis — director, appointed 05/07/2023on trustee list
• BURDETT, Stephen Geoffrey — director, appointed 10/01/2023on trustee list
• CLARKE, Anthony — director, appointed 22/05/2022on trustee list
• MYLES, Christine Anne — director, appointed 01/08/2018on trustee list
• CLARKE, Jennifer Margaret — director, appointed 10/10/2017on trustee list
• YOUNG, Robert — director, appointed 12/07/2016on trustee list
• BAKER, Michael George — director, appointed 16/10/2008on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael George Bakerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony Clarke
• Christine Anne Myles
• Dennis Camilleri · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Margaret Clarke
• Natalie Leigh-Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Young
• Stephen Geoffrey Burdett

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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 HUNTINGDONSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCH.

• HUNTINGDONSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £228k
• THE HUNTINGDONSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND income £228k
• VOLUNTEER CENTRE KENSINGTON & CHELSEA income £630k
• HUNTINGDONSHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £412k
• VOLUNTEER CENTRE DORSET income £422k
• THE VOLUNTEER CENTRE- CHESTERFIELD AND NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE income £164k

Side by side with its peers

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