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BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL

Registered charity 218795 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B V S C, BVSC, BVSC THE CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION

BVSC is the leading voluntary sector support body in Birmingham, committed to ensuring that voluntary action can thrive and make a positive difference for everyone in Birmingham. BVSC provides voluntary sector and volunteering support services, a range of VCS-led social impact programmes, community space and building facilities and consultancy, advice and training for our members and partners.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, RACE, CREED OR COLOUR OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION ALL OR ANY PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH NOW ARE OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT AND THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Area of benefit: CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£17.0m
Latest spending
£16.7m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £290k for the year, though unrestricted funds are in deficit due to significant investment in its property asset. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by a substantial property base valued at over £3 million, although free unrestricted reserves are currently negative. The strategy involves generating rental income from the refurbished property to rebuild reserves over the medium term.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)
“One employee received emoluments in the band of £80,000-£90,000” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: −£91k)
“BVSC’s policy is to maintain free unrestricted reserves equivalent to at least three months of unrestricted expenditure.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: BVSC Enterprises Ltd, BVSC KICKStart, BVSC Management Services Ltd
“BVSC is an independent charitable company limited by guarantee; it has three wholly owned subsidiary companies, BVSC Enterprises Ltd – BVSC’s social enterprise, BVSC KICKStart –a social enterprise was set up to support young people into employment, which has now finished and BVSC Management Services Ltd – currently dormant.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Government income: £14,738,826 — grants £14,738,826 (17); 87% of the £16,971,418 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £15,746,879 — contracts £1,228,267 (13), grants £14,518,612 (16); 95% of the £16,558,958 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £17,999,975 — contracts £200,848 (3), grants £17,799,127 (19); 83% of the £21,813,721 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

BVSC MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
    BVSC ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
    • No intra-group transactions or balances are disclosed in the provided statutory accounts, as the profit and loss account was not delivered.
    BVSC KICKSTART LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
    • No intra-group transactions or balances are disclosed in the provided statutory accounts, which consist only of a Statement of Financial Position with nil figures and notes on statutory information and employee numbers.

    Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Change Into Action (matched by registered charity number).

    Leadership, per the charity’s website

    Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

    Funders the charity credits

    Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

    Company officers (Companies House)

    Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

    Official officers record.

    Property (HM Land Registry)

    1 registered title 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 · instagram (1,528 followers)

    Advertised salaries (public job ads)

    Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

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

    Total income
    £17.0m
    Total spending
    £16.7m
    Cost of raising funds
    £255k
    Reserves (reported)
    £91k
    Employees
    40

    Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

    Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Birmingham City

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/03/2025£17.0m£16.7m
    31/03/2024£16.6m£16.7m
    31/03/2023£21.8m£19.0m
    31/03/2022£14.2m£13.6m
    31/03/2021£6.6m£6.2m

    Common questions

    Is BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £290k for the year, though unrestricted funds are in deficit due to significant investment in its property asset. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by a substantial property base valued at over £3 million, although free unrestricted reserves are currently negative. The strategy involves generating rental income from the refurbished property to rebuild reserves over the medium term. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.

    What does the highest-paid employee of BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL earn?

    Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

    Who funds BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST, FUSION21 FOUNDATION, GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

    Known funders

    Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    LOCAL TRUSTFY2023£306kBig Local area: Birchfield
    FUSION21 FOUNDATIONFY2025£65kMainstream grants programme
    FUSION21 FOUNDATIONFY2024£16kMainstream grants programme
    GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
    GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£500

    Government & lottery funding

    Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

    FunderDateAmountPurpose
    UK government16/12/2022£184kBirmingham VSC
    UK government16/12/2022£179kBirmingham VSC
    UK government16/12/2022£81kBirmingham VSC
    Birmingham City Council30/03/2022£12kBVSC - Fuel Poverty Project
    The National Lottery Community Fund06/08/2020£106kBVSC - Supporting the Sector
    The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£1kCelebrating Birmingham's volunteers
    The National Lottery Community Fund12/10/2016£9kVirtual Volunteering Birmingham
    The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2014£10kBirmingham Resource Centre
    The National Lottery Community Fund30/07/2014£6.0mAgeing Better in Birmingham
    The National Lottery Community Fund15/01/2014£20kBirmingham Development
    The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2013£10.0mBirmingham - Multiple and Complex Needs
    The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2013£7.6mTalent Match Vision & Prospectus
    The National Lottery Community Fund25/10/2012£10kBirmingham - CN Development Funding
    The National Lottery Community Fund04/09/2012£10kGreater Birmingham partnership development funding
    The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2009£8kArts For Change
    The National Lottery Community Fund05/12/2007£447kCollaboration, Empowerment, and Influence: A Third Sector Observatory
    The National Lottery Community Fund05/12/2007£460kIMPACT Project
    The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2007£8kIMPACT: Local Development Agencies Network: Impact, Performance & Capacity

    Funders of similar charities

    Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

    FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
    ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£44k
    PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION1£30k
    VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM1£15k
    MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£7k
    GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERING1£3k
    LONDON CATALYST1£2k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEXLEY VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL LIMITED.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL£17.0m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt
    BEXLEY VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL LIMITED FY2025£938k£60,001 - £70,000—unclear—no doubt
    VOLUNTEER CENTRE WEST BERKSHIRE FY2025£289k—0unclear—no doubt
    COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE BEDFORDSHIRE FY2025£418k—0unclear—no doubt
    BARNSLEY COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES FY2024£658k—0unclear—no doubt
    TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt

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