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)
TO ENABLE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE TO BE ACTIVE CITIZENS AND PLAY A ROLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTEERING. WE DEVELOP AND DELIVER HIGH IMPACT VOLUNTEER-LED SOLUTIONS TO TACKLE SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGES FACING INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TODAY. WE FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF FOUR DISTINCT COMMUNITIES; OLDER AND RETIRED PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLE, VULNERABLE FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
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.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.3m; policy: three months of operational expenditure)
“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. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Volunteering Matters (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Amanda Naylor OBE — CEO (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.
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)
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
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£137k
Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (26/04/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Dr Peta Foxallchair
- Christopher Ivan Ridgers · trustee of 1 other charity
- Julie-Anne Jamieson
- Kostakis Bouzoukas
- Millicent Gardoryth Wenlock
- Moawia Bin-Sufyan · trustee of 2 other charities
- Simon Judge
- Sophie Colella
- Zara Todd
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is VOLUNTEERING MATTERS financially healthy?
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. 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 WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION, IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION, THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JECDA FOUNDATION, THE LINDER FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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