COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY

Registered charity 1151397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CVSC

1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THECOMMUNITY IN WALES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE FOR CONWY COUNTYBOROUGH (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") AND IN PARTICULARTHE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEFOF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS. 2) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISECO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.0m
Latest spending
£3.4m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £64,152 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by actuarial gains on its defined benefit pension scheme. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are comfortably above the minimum level stipulated in their reserves policy, and the charity remains a going concern despite awareness that future core funding is likely to reduce.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum level stipulated in our reserves policy (held: £1.5m)
“The reserves policy was reviewed and amended by the finance sub-group to ensure that the current level of working reserves is comfortably above the minimum level stipulated in our reserves policy for this period.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Williams Denton Cyf. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£3.0m
Total spending
£3.4m
Reserves (reported)
£368k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.0m£3.4m
31/03/2024£3.6m£3.6m
31/03/2023£2.9m£2.8m
31/03/2022£2.7m£2.5m
31/03/2021£2.5m£1.7m

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £64,152 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by actuarial gains on its defined benefit pension scheme. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are comfortably above the minimum level stipulated in their reserves policy, and the charity remains a going concern despite awareness that future core funding is likely to reduce. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Williams Denton Cyf.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2019£99kRural Conwy Community Car Scheme
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2012£843kConwy's BIG Community Voice
The National Lottery Community Fund18/01/2012£23kConwy's BIG Community Voice
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2009£2kCVSC's Community's Resources.
The National Lottery Community Fund18/10/2005£2kUnspecified

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY£3.0m—0above—no doubt
Cyngor ar Bopeth Conwy Gwynedd Citizens Advice FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—noted
GOFAL A THRWSIO CONWY A SIR DDINBYCH FY2025£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
POWYS ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS CYMDEITHAS MUDIADAU GWIRFODDOL POWYS FY2025£4.9m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY ACTION ISLE OF WIGHT FY2025£2.0m—0above—no doubt
SUPPORT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FY2025£550k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.