WARRINGTON VOLUNTARY ACTION

Registered charity 1129343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VOLUNTEER CENTRE WARRINGTON LTD

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a small surplus of £963 for the year, resulting in total free reserves of £591,802. This figure is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £209,360, which represents six months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources for the foreseeable future and have prepared the statements on a going concern basis.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06805818

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.

• FITZGERALD, Catherine Mary — director, appointed 18/12/2025on trustee list
• BARLOW, David Frank — director, appointed 16/01/2020on trustee list
• HORAN, Katy — director, appointed 12/11/2014not on trustee list
• BENNETT, Lynne — director, appointed 12/11/2013on trustee list
• JACKSON, Joanne — director, appointed 12/11/2013on trustee list
• GHODRATI, Nazanin — secretary, appointed 01/03/2024

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lynne Bennettchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Mary Fitzgerald
• David Barlow
• Joanne Jackson
• Katie Horan

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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