BASSETLAW COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 1140782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCVS

Project and funding help, practical support for groups, training, INVOLVE Volunteer Action in Bassetlaw.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net loss of £26,085 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £1,198,451 to £1,172,366. Despite the loss, the charity maintains a strong liquidity position with £1,097,646 in cash at bank and unrestricted reserves of £627,522. The trustees' policy sets a reserves target of nine months of operating costs, and the current unrestricted reserves appear sufficient to meet this policy target.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BASSETLAW COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/12/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Marion Prime
• Fr Nicolas Spicer SSC · trustee of 4 other charities
• Josephine Millar
• Katherine Mary Watkinson
• Margaret Irene Fowkes
• Neil John Dawson
• Rozina Hajiriyaz Rozina Hajiriyaz
• Stephen Barkley Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sylvia Dwamenah Acquah · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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