CASTLE DONINGTON VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Registered charity 1157707 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CDVC

We exist to recruit and support volunteers, to provide services and support to local communities including the provision of Community and Hospital Transport, to facilitate services provided by other bodies and to offer personal help and advice to individuals and groups.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN CASTLE DONINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) PROMOTING, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING VOLUNTEERING;(B) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO VOLUNTEER;(C) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEERS.2. TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN CASTLE DONINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SERVICES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE SUCH NEEDS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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 accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £119,827, with total reserves carried forward reaching £372,909. The trustees consider the current level of designated reserves satisfactory to ensure service delivery during funding reductions. Operational expenditure was controlled, resulting in a net increase in funds carried forward of £17,142.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEX LOGAN
• ALWYN THORPE
• Allan Clark
• DENNIS TAYLOR
• JOHN SEMONS
• JOHN WILLIAMS
• Jackie Forster
• James Knowles Hayward
• Jane Brewer
• Mark Reddish
• Rachel Hobbs
• Wayne Tranmer

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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