LANCASTER DISTRICT COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SOLUTIONS

Registered charity 1127626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LDCVS

LDCVS is an infrastructure organisation providing support for the voluntary sector throughout the district of Lancaster in Lancashire

Objects

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

Area of benefit: LANCASTER DISTRICT BOUNDARIES

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 the charity reported a net operating deficit of £116,163 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds carried forward to £462,857. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £156,179, which is above the stated policy target of £118,000. The trustees note that funding streams remain under threat of reduction or withdrawal but confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• 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
• 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 06743623

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.

• OGUNPEHIN, Roda Bimbo — director, appointed 04/07/2025on trustee list
• SHAW, Jessica — director, appointed 11/02/2025not on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Hazel Mary — director, appointed 05/12/2024on trustee list
• SEDDON, Emma Jane — director, appointed 16/10/2023on trustee list
• MURRAY, Anthony Matthew — director, appointed 16/10/2023on trustee list
• RICHARDS, Alison Nicola — director, appointed 17/05/2023on trustee list
• JEBB, Paul — director, appointed 24/11/2022on trustee list
• SMITH, Nicholas Robin — secretary, appointed 16/12/2022

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 15.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Nicola Richards
• Anthony Matthew Murray
• Emma Jane Seddon
• Hazel Mary Taylor
• Jess Shaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Jebb · trustee of 2 other charities
• Roda Ogunpehin

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

• LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £150k
• VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED income £190k
• COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE WEST LANCASHIRE income £211k
• DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND income £643k
• DERBYSHIRE DALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £404k
• LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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