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VOLUNTEERING MATTERS

Registered charity 291222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNITY SERVICE TRUST, CSV, CSV (COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS) · also registered in Scotland as SC039171 (OSCR)

Latest income
£5.7m
Latest spending
£5.8m
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net operating deficit of £120,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025 and holds a deficit in free reserves of £824,000. Per the trustees' report, the organisation relies on bank overdraft facilities and future project income to meet working capital requirements, with the auditor identifying material uncertainties regarding the ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Free reserves as at 31 March 2025 stands at a deficit of £824,000, which is below the target stated in the reserves policy.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“These events or conditions along with other matters as set forth in note 1 (b), indicate that material uncertainties exist which may cast doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A Trustee
“Total aggregate unrestricted donation of £10,000 was received from one Trustee on 18 April 2024” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Volunteering Matters (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.

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

Total income
£5.7m
Total spending
£5.8m
Cost of raising funds
£137k
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
142

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£5.7m£5.8m
31/03/2024£7.0m£6.6m
31/03/2023£22.8m£14.5m
31/03/2022£7.5m£7.8m
31/03/2021£5.2m£5.5m

Common questions

Is VOLUNTEERING MATTERS financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net operating deficit of £120,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025 and holds a deficit in free reserves of £824,000. Per the trustees' report, the organisation relies on bank overdraft facilities and future project income to meet working capital requirements, with the auditor identifying material uncertainties regarding the ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.

Who funds VOLUNTEERING MATTERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name VOLUNTEERING MATTERS as a grant recipient include IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION, THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JECDA FOUNDATION, THE LINDER FOUNDATION, THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£250k
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£228k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£150k
THE JECDA FOUNDATIONFY2024£80k
THE JECDA FOUNDATIONFY2025£80k
THE JECDA FOUNDATIONFY2023£74k
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2023£32k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUSTFY2024£25k
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£20k
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£17k
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£13k
MRS L D ROPE'S THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£12k
CHK FoundationFY2024£10k
MRS L D ROPE'S THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2025£10k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£10k
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
NORMANBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
MICHAEL GUEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
NORMAN GARON TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE W E DUNN TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£750
THE NORTON FOUNDATIONFY2023£694

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery13/02/2025£900kRegular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£900kRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery16/02/2023£1.0mRegular Grant 2023
London Borough of Hounslow12/07/2022£25kGrant to Volunteering Matters
Postcode Lottery01/02/2022£900kRegular Grant 2022
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/07/2016£10k"Visions of volunteering (then and now )"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/03/2015£10k"The men go forth to Battle, the women wait and knit"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/09/2014£10k"Tees Valley's Great War"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/04/2014£70k"Selie Suffolk - Bequest & Identity"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/12/2013£10k"Great War pop-up exhibition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/02/2012£37k"Cole Valley Environmental Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/10/2011£10k"Preston Gildia"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/01/2009£50k"Neath-Port Talbot: Celebrating History Together"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/01/2008£22k"William Jobling-The Gibbet"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/01/2008£50k"The LOST Expedition (local, original stories and tales)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/02/2007£49k"Region on Film Outreach Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/09/2006£20k"Youths Take on Preston"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/07/2006£50k"BORN' Quest (Beautiful Outstanding Regional Nature)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/03/2006£48k"RSVP Reminiscence Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/02/2006£39k"Moving On - People's Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/04/2005£1k"The Community Service Volunteers Will Use Their Award To Carry Out Oral Reminiscence Sessions At 9 Locations Nationwide (Belfast, Glasgow, M"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/02/2005£50k"Unlocking the Past: A Royal Albert Hospital Archive"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/03/2004£50k"Dundry Slopes Heritage Initiative"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/11/2003£25k"Traveller Youth Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/11/2003£23k"Over the Hill"

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
FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITED2£420k
SF FOUNDATION2£374k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED2£239k
NES FOUNDATION LTD2£138k
FOUNTAIN OF CHESSED LIMITED2£80k
BRITEFIELD TRUST2£50k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITED2£45k
WOODLANDS GREEN LTD2£32k

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