THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES VOLUNTARY FUND

Registered charity 1186870 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RICHMOND VOLUNTARY FUND

The Trust is established for the purpose of allocating income received for charitable purposes directed wholly or mainly to the benefit of residents of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Grants are given to charities and organizations situated in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames or which directly help vulnerable residents of the Borough.

Objects

THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOCATING INCOME RECEIVED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES DIRECTED WHOLLY OR MAINLY TO THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES.GRANTS ARE GIVEN TO CHARITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS SITUATED IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES OR WHICH DIRECTLY HELP VULNERABLE RESIDENTS OF THE BOROUGH.THIS WILL TYPICALLY INCLUDE OLDER PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, CHILDREN WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ETC.

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

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Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity received £67,373 in donations and gift aid during the period, while incurring £124,057 in payments, resulting in a net decrease in cash funds. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding £5,000, with the remaining cash balance of £153,108 pledged for donation to local charities. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no material matters of concern identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Nortonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gareth David Roberts
• Julia Cambridge
• Kathryn Mansfield
• Nancy Jo Baldwin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Piers Ronald Allen · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

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 THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

• THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £335k
• RICHMOND UPON THAMES MUSIC TRUST COMPANY LIMITED income £1.8m
• Richmond Foundation income £2.3m
• THE NORMANSFIELD AND RICHMOND FOUNDATION income £59k
• TWICKENHAM RIVERSIDE TRUST income £44k
• KINGSTON VOLUNTARY ACTION income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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