Cheshire West Voluntary Action
Registered charity 1136465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESTER VOLUNTARY ACTION
At Cheshire West Voluntary Action (CWVA) we are proud to have been supporting the local community since 1914. Our vision is championing the community sector - building trust, influencing, inspiring. We work with community organisations, as well as partners in other sectors, across west Cheshire.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a net deficit of £16,596 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,127,205 and total expenditure of £1,141,804. Unrestricted reserves decreased slightly by £5,489 to £276,468, a figure the trustees state remains within their policy tolerance of three to six months' expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent auditor.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £276k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Champion Accountants LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Gary Cliffe — Chief Executive (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (03/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (13/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (24/11/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Victoria Buzzachair
- Alistair Kevin Jeffs
- Benjamin David Rigby
- Diane Brown
- Dr Holly White
- Jack Davies
- Shantele Sutherland
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Cheshire West Voluntary Action financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £16,596 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,127,205 and total expenditure of £1,141,804. Unrestricted reserves decreased slightly by £5,489 to £276,468, a figure the trustees state remains within their policy tolerance of three to six months' expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent auditor. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Champion Accountants LLP.
Who funds Cheshire West Voluntary Action?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Cheshire West Voluntary Action as a grant recipient include THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION, THE CHESTER BLUECOAT CHARITY.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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