PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
Registered charity 299823 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
We are a membership organisation for the Voluntary and Community Sector in Peterborough. Offering members services to include support, information, advice and networking alongside practical help. Our Centre also hosts projects which support carers, volunteering, disability, advocacy and Direct Payments
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £139,833 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £983,062 to £843,229. However, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £438,780 are sufficient to cover budgeted income and expenditure for at least 12 months, with no material uncertainties affecting the going concern basis. The charity maintains a minimum reserves threshold of £135,000 to ensure sustainability, which is well above its current free reserves level.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £135,000 (held: £439k)
“At 31 March 2025 income and expenditure levels, this equates to a value of £135,000. If reserves were to fall below this value, then an emergency Board meeting would be called.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Moore Thompson. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- NICHOLLS, Rachel Joy — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
- WOODS, Eva Rosalind — director, appointed 13/07/2023on trustee list
- SHERATON, Kenneth Frederick — director, appointed 08/03/2023on trustee list
- JELLEY, Jonathan Lyndon — director, appointed 03/01/2022not on trustee list
- WALSH, Sheila — director, appointed 03/01/2022on trustee list
- MCVEIGH, Kirsteen — secretary, appointed 01/08/2024
Official officers record.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Jonathan Jelley MBE JPchair
- Eva Rosalind Woods · trustee of 1 other charity
- Kenneth Sheraton
- Rachel Joy Nicholls
- Sheila Walsh
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Peterborough City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £139,833 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £983,062 to £843,229. However, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £438,780 are sufficient to cover budgeted income and expenditure for at least 12 months, with no material uncertainties affecting the going concern basis. The charity maintains a minimum reserves threshold of £135,000 to ensure sustainability, which is well above its current free reserves level. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Thompson.
Who funds PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE as a grant recipient include THE EVELYN TRUST.
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