YORK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 225087 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YORK C V S, YORK COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Support and development services and infrastructure support to voluntary and community organisations in York and the surrounding area.

Objects

A. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS OPERATING IN THE CITY OF YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE, THE HUMBER AND THEIR ENVIRONS HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT'.B. TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESSES AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: CITY OF YORK AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£1.7m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £61,179 for the year ended 31 March 2025, comprising unrestricted and restricted deficits. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £345,935, which falls within the stated target range of £225,000 to £425,000, and the trustees confirmed the charity is well-placed to manage its financial risks and continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000, including Employers NI and Pension (2024: 1).” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000, including Employers NI and Pension (2024: 1).” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: City of York Council (83% of income)

“York CVS's largest source of funding came from the City of York Council. The majority of this funding was restricted funding for Shared Prosperity Projects (Capacity Building and Volunteer Centre), Healthwatch York, our core funding and the Good Mental Health Project.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Shamim Eimaan is a director of Eimaan Culture and Community Services CIC. The charity paid a total fee of £250 for training services provided by this CIC in February 2025. The agreement was authorised by the Board of Trustees prior to the service being provided.

“The Charity entered into an agreement with Eimaan Culture and Community Services CIC, an organisation which is run and managed by our Trustee, S. Eimaan. The agreement was to provide a training and was for a total fee of £250 which was paid in February 2025. The agreement was authorised by the Board of Trustees prior to the service being provided.” — page 46

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £8k

“The liability is discounted to its net present value of £8,215 using a discount factor of 4.84% (2024: 5.31%) and has been recognised within creditors.” — page 45

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HPH Accountants LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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.

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
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.

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

Volunteers: 41
Government income: £851,806 — contracts £80,142 (3), grants £771,664 (11); 51% of the £1,673,855 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £1,276,305 — contracts £82,722 (3), grants £1,193,583 (19); 64% of the £1,980,625 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 57
Government income: £951,817 — contracts £71,742 (2), grants £880,075 (28); 50% of the £1,885,337 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Alison — Chief Executive (source)

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).

Arnold Clark Community Support Fund — “The Arnold Clark Community Support Fund provides grants to UK charities and community groups supporting their local communities.” (source page)
Barchester Charitable Foundation — “The Barchester Charitable Foundation provides grants to help older people and adults with disabilities or mental health conditions connect o…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£1.7m

Reserves (reported)

£346k

Employees

41

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Lee Daniel Probertchair
Chloe Alicia Deyes
David Maurice Bass
Douglas Alexander Low
Dr Evangeline Tsao
Janet Alison Wright
Janette Glenwright Grey
Kallum Mark Taylor
Katy Ridsdill-Smith
Rachel Jane Hicks · trustee of 1 other charity
Shamim Eimaan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.7m	£1.7m
31/03/2024	£2.0m	£2.1m
31/03/2023	£1.9m	£1.9m
31/03/2022	£1.7m	£1.5m
31/03/2021	£1.1m	£1.0m

Common questions

Is YORK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £61,179 for the year ended 31 March 2025, comprising unrestricted and restricted deficits. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £345,935, which falls within the stated target range of £225,000 to £425,000, and the trustees confirmed the charity is well-placed to manage its financial risks and continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HPH Accountants LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of YORK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds YORK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YORK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE as a grant recipient include THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION, TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£116k	How learning and comms
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£72k	York Work to take forwards a co-location experiment to create a physical space to nurture a culture of multi-agency working, information sharing, decision-makin
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£30k	Programme: Humber & North Yorkshire (formerly Humber Coast and Vale) VCSE Leadership
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£30k	Programme: Deciding Together (Lankelly Chase)
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£21k	York To continue resourcing Dogeatcog as communications support for the Cultural Values working group
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£19k	York Costs of running the third cohort programme of Systems Changers in York
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£16k	York Experimental work by the MCN Network's Creative Action working group to explore creative ways of engaging people, and creating opportunities, activities an
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£15k	Programme: Coronavirus Community Fund
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£8k	Programme: Humber & North Yorkshire (formerly Humber Coast and Vale) VCSE Leadership
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£6k	Good Health and Wellbeing
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2021	£6k	Coronavirus Community Fund
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£720	York Beyond the Rules phase 1.5

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/04/2022	£10k	Upskilling the voluntary sector in York
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/08/2020	£100k	Operation covid recovery
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/03/2020	£10k	Training for the voluntary sector in York
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/02/2013	£10k	Sound Space
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/05/2011	£10k	Funding Landscapes
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/01/2009	£489k	Community Accounting Network North Yorkshire (CANNY)
City of York Council	—	£3k	Pay for a member of staff who supports voluntary organisations - such as playgroups
City of York Council	—	£2k	Support for organisational and workforce development for voluntary organisations working with children and young people. Developing representation of the sector at strategic level.
City of York Council	—	£7k	Support for organisational and workforce development for voluntary organisations working with children and young people. Developing representation of the sector at strategic level.
City of York Council	—	£24k	Distribution of Grants
City of York Council	—	£10k	Healthwatch service in York
City of York Council	—	£10k	Provision of Healthwatch York
City of York Council	—	£2k	EIF Grant
City of York Council	—	£5k	Grant for development of Community Voices project
City of York Council	—	£24k	Support for the Organisation
City of York Council	—	£10k	Provision of Healthwatch York
City of York Council	—	£50k	Grow green spaces
City of York Council	—	£6k	EIF Grant
City of York Council	—	£12k	Distribution of Grants
City of York Council	—	£24k	Contribution to the CAB Advice Service
City of York Council	—	£10k	Healthwatch York
City of York Council	—	£10k	Grant for development of Community Voices project
City of York Council	—	£24k	SLA Payment
City of York Council	—	£24k	2nd Annual SLA Payment
City of York Council	—	£24k	First Annual Funding Payment

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£1.3m
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£682k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£496k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£300k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£145k
Tinsley Charitable Trust	1	£50k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£42k

Charities like this

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

MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL income £1.6m
PERSHORE AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER CENTRE income £143k
NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LIMITED income £916k
VOLUNTEER CENTRE HACKNEY income £1.2m
YORK CIVIC TRUST income £500k
COMMUNITY FIRST YORKSHIRE LTD income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YORK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE	£1.7m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL FY2025	£1.6m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
PERSHORE AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER CENTRE FY2025	£143k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LIMITED FY2025	£916k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
VOLUNTEER CENTRE HACKNEY FY2025	£1.2m	£70,001 - £75,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
YORK CIVIC TRUST FY2025	£500k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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