SWALE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES

Registered charity 1179734 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCVS, SWALE CVS

SCVS is an umbrella organisation offering support including training to voluntary organisations in Swale and as an accredited volunteer centre offer a volunteer brokerage service. We operate a volunteer transport scheme providing transport for older people and those with disabilities who are unable to access public transport scheme and a befriending scheme for older socially isolated residents.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF SWALE AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS OF KENT AND MEDWAY, IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;B) THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF SWALE AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS OF KENT AND MEDWAY (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) IN PARTICULAR BY BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS OPERATING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND PROVIDING THEM WITH THE NECESSARY ADVICE, SUPPORT, INFORMATION, TRAINING AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE AND IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND MANAGEMENT OF THEIR RESOURCES.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE “THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR” MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: “CHARITIES” ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. “VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS” ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Swale, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit for the year of £43,568, driven by a £62,405 deficit on restricted funds which outweighed an £18,837 surplus on unrestricted funds. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a General Reserve of £300,000, which they consider represents a minimum of six months' revenue expenditure to safeguard against future income shortfalls. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

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.

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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% 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 (22/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES DUNCAN
• KENNETH HOLLINGWORTH PUGH
• LAURA JOBSON
• Lynda Marie Newton
• PAMELA CATHERINE PRESCOTT · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL MURRAY · trustee of 6 other charities
• ROSS EDWARD ROBERT GILL · trustee of 2 other charities
• SAMUEL JOHN ITHELL

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

Operates in: Kent

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 CAMBRIDGE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

• CAMBRIDGE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £496k
• COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE BEDFORDSHIRE income £418k
• SANDWELL COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS (S.C.V.O.) income £1.6m
• CVS SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £274k
• CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU IN SWALE income £662k
• SOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £799k

Side by side with its peers

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