VOLUNTARY SUPPORT NORTH SURREY

Registered charity 1141587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAVS, RUNNYMEDE ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES

VSNS is the Council for Voluntary Service with integrated volunteer centres in the Boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne and Surrey Heath that provides support and services to all charity and community groups in our area of benefit across all 3 boroughs, established as a charity in 1996 and incorporated in February 2011.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances remain stable, with the trustees maintaining a reserve level of £100,000 to cover potential redundancy costs and lease terminations. The charity generated a social value of £4.8m and secured £74,000 in corporate funding, while continuing to receive National Lottery support for its community recovery projects.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Voluntary Support North Surrey (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (59% 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 (04/02/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (31/01/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Elizabeth Frarychair
• Anne Elkington
• David Douglas Camp
• Harry Cunningham
• Helen Sellers
• Lucy Ann Franklin
• Nicola Brown
• Paul Raymond Amphlett

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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