THE CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS

Registered charity 261009 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7727404 · Wikipedia · also known as BRITISH TRUST FOR CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS, BTCV, THE BRITISH TRUST FOR CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS · also registered in Scotland as SC039302 (OSCR)

TCV wants healthier, happier communities for everyone. We work together with people, communities and partners to deliver practical actions that have a lasting impact on people?s health prospects and outdoor places.

Objects

1) TO CONSERVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING: A) THE CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CHARACTER AND AMENITY OF RURAL, URBAN AND INNER CITY AREAS. B) THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURE RESERVES AND OTHER SITES OF BIOLOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE. 2) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CONSERVATION THROUGH VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING. IN PARTICULAR:- A) IN PRACTICAL CONSERVATION SKILLS. B) BASIC SKILLS. C) SKILLS TO IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £81k for the year, improving its overall financial position. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £1,036k, which the trustees confirm is within their stated policy range of 7-14 weeks of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis, having reviewed forecasts to March 2027 and concluded the charity can meet its liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. 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
• 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.

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 31/03/2023 (received 07/02/2024, 7 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Rebecca Kennelly — 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).

• OVO Energy — “We would like to thank the following organisations for supporting our work OVO Energy” (source page)
• Nature Scot — “Nature Scot and the Scottish Government. TCV Scotland works in partnership with both Nature Scot and the Scottish Government. The vital fund…” (source page)
• Scottish Government — “Nature Scot and the Scottish Government. TCV Scotland works in partnership with both Nature Scot and the Scottish Government. The vital fund…” (source page)
• NatWest Group — “NatWest Group TCV has worked in partnership with NatWest Group for 17 years. Since 2007 the bank’s employees from across the UK have underta…” (source page)
• Postcode Lottery — “The Conservation Volunteers is supported by players of the Postcode Lottery . The amount raised by players to date is £6,055,458 through the…” (source page)
• The Land Trust — “The Land Trust The Conservation Volunteers works in partnership with The Land Trust to manage some of their key sites in England.” (source page)
• Public Health Agency — “Public Health Agency Northern Ireland has supported TCV for many years and our programmes help to realise their vision” (source page)
• The National Lottery — “The National Lottery TCV has been fortunate enough to receive funding for over 100 projects and is proud to call The National Lottery one of…” (source page)

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrea Lambert
• Anna Claire Hein
• Dermot Toberty
• Dr Joanne Gilbert
• Emma Aspinall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karen Hamilton
• Shannon Russell
• Shipra Gupta
• Tanvi Desai Graham
• Timothy Vaughan
• Uilani Dines

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WCCF LTD.

• WCCF LTD income £967k
• CTVC LIMITED income £7.4m
• WARRINGTON VOLUNTARY ACTION income £987k
• THE COVENTRY GENERAL CHARITY income £2.2m
• THE TC FOUNDATION income £229k
• VALLEY CHURCH ANDOVER TRUST income £81k

Side by side with its peers

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