WARRINGTON VOLUNTARY ACTION

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

We support the development of a vibrant, thriving and sustainable third sector to meet the diverse and changing needs of local communities. .

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF ALL INHABITANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROTECT HEALTH, RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, AND PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warrington, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06805818 · Financial health read from its filings

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

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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 VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES.

• VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES income £1.7m
• WARWICKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION income £2.0m
• ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WREXHAM income £1.1m
• WOLFSON HILLEL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST income £460k
• WINTON WANDERERS FOOTBALL CLUB income £280k
• PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k

Side by side with its peers

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