LONDON VILLAGE NETWORK

Registered charity 1161275 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Local Village Network

L.V.N has a unique approach for social mobility, They encourage a village mentality wherein adults from all walks of life come together to nurture young people by giving their time to share knowledge and experience.L.V.N have created a series of assets-based micro-mentoring programmes putting networking at the centre; Amplify Me, One-2-One Online mentoring, work experience and signposting.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE NOT IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT OR TRAINING (NEETS), PEOPLE THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND MENTORING IN HOW TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS; B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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

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

Registered contact address: Welwyn Hatfield, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £145,243 against a policy target of six months of regular operating expenditure. The trustees confirmed that adequate resources are available to meet operating commitments for at least 12 months from the date of the accounts. The charity's total cash funds at the end of the period were £258,626.

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.

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
• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Cahalane
• Catherine Ruggles
• Christopher Murray
• Dashika Alcee
• Julian Kirby
• Noel Williams
• RACHAEL BOX

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS' NETWORK NORTH EAST.

• VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS' NETWORK NORTH EAST income £1.2m
• THE LVE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £282k
• ACTIVE COMMUNITIES NETWORK LIMITED income £1.9m
• COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK income £58k
• THE VOLUNTARY NETWORK income £703k
• THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

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