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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £43,568 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a £62,405 deficit on restricted funds which outweighed an £18,837 surplus on unrestricted funds. Per the trustees' report, total funds decreased to £578,520 from £622,088 in the prior year, with unrestricted general funds standing at £76,541. The trustees maintain that the current financial position is extremely strong, citing accumulated funds and reserves sufficient to cover six months of revenue expenditure.

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.

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 3 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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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

• TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £1.2m
• SWANSEA C V S income £3.1m
• SANDWELL COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS (S.C.V.O.) income £1.6m
• HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD income £2.2m
• DERBYSHIRE DALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £404k
• CVW Community Volunteers Wales income £188k

Side by side with its peers

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