WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION

Registered charity 218093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7961763 · Wikipedia · also known as THE COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FOR WALES (INC), THE COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FOR WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE INC), THE WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION, WCVA

WCVA is the national membership organisation for voluntary organisations in Wales. WCVA promotes volunteering, good governance, sustainability and engagement by providing information, training, advice and support to charities, voluntary and community groups & social enterprises. WCVA manages several grant & loan schemes.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IN SUCH MANNER AS SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH CHARITY COMMISSIONPUBLISHED GUIDANCE FROM TIME TO TIME AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN WALES, THEVOLUNTARY SECTOR AND THE PROMOTION OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES THROUGH THAT SECTOR'SPROVISION OF BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:PROVIDING SERVICES, EDUCATION, TRAINING, INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO CHARITIESAND OTHER VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WALES;4.2 TO ADVANCE OTHER SUCH OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLEACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN SUCHMANNER AS THE DIRECTORS MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: WALES

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £1.99 million for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £13.0 million. Per the trustees' report, the organisation maintains a prudent financial strategy with significant designated reserves to ensure long-term stability and sustainability. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. 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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• DBS and Wales Council for Voluntary Action deliver joint roadshows wales247.co.uk · 27/04/2023
• DBS and Wales Council for Voluntary Action deliver joint roadshows gov.uk · 13/04/2023
• Hollywood star takes on new role with Wales Council for Voluntary Action tfn.scot · 11/11/2020
• Wales Council for Voluntary Action chief executive retires after 25 years thirdsector.co.uk · 31/03/2014

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (5,231 followers) · instagram (2,771 followers) · linkedin

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Neil Rhys Woodingchair
• Callum Edward Pople Jones
• Christopher Peter Lines
• Colin James Arnold
• Edward Watts MBE DL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gareth Clubb
• Jainaba Conteh
• Judith Alexandra Stone
• Kate Eleanor Young
• Lowri Catrin Jones
• Menai Peris Owen-Jones
• Rhian Helen Elizabeth Davies

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 Cheshire West Voluntary Action.

• Cheshire West Voluntary Action income £1.1m
• WANSBECK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £478k
• WIRRAL CVS income £820k
• CROYDON VOLUNTARY ACTION income £1.6m
• THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS income £9.5m
• VOLUNTEER CORNWALL income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.