VOLUNTEER CENTRE WEST BERKSHIRE

Registered charity 1156302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWBURY HANDYBUS, NEWBURY SHOPMOBILITY, COMMUNITY CAR SCHEME, VILLAGE AGENT PROJECT, WEST BERKSHIRE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SERVICE.

We provide a central hub for volunteering, offering free, impartial advice and guidance to individuals & community groups. As the local Council for Voluntary Service (CVS), we deliver training & events, provide funding advice, promote partnership working & advocate for the voice of the VCSE Sector. We also facilitate community transport services, helping people stay independent and connected.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£289k

Latest spending

£287k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £7,461 for the year, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £253,057. Per the trustees' report, these unrestricted reserves are sufficient to cover the estimated £57,000 required by the charity's reserves policy. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 — Volunteer Centre West Berkshire (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/05/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Gary Walshchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Emma Caroline Terleske
Kathryn Sarah Jane Aldridge
Lesley Wyman
Palmira Arnau Bret
Paul Dick · trustee of 2 other charities
Richard Michael Crisp
Rosalind Littlejohn

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

Operates in: Hampshire · West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£289k	£287k
31/03/2024	£351k	£354k
31/03/2023	£270k	£277k
31/03/2022	£223k	£204k
31/03/2021	£235k	£179k

Common questions

Is VOLUNTEER CENTRE WEST BERKSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £7,461 for the year, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £253,057. Per the trustees' report, these unrestricted reserves are sufficient to cover the estimated £57,000 required by the charity's reserves policy. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds VOLUNTEER CENTRE WEST BERKSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name VOLUNTEER CENTRE WEST BERKSHIRE as a grant recipient include MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£2k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£2k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2025	£2k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/06/2022	£235k	The Post Covid Challenge
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/12/2018	£77k	Voluntary Sector Support