DINAS POWYS VOLUNTARY CONCERN

Registered charity 502496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D P V C, DINAS POWIS AND DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, DPVC

Dinas Powys Voluntary Concern provides a service to individuals, groups and organisations, in particular the elderly and people with disabilities. It does this by providing a community resource centre, running a wellbeing and befriending scheme, providing and maintaining a minibus-ambulance, publishing a free newsletter and community directory, offering support to local voluntary organisations.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN DINAS POWYS AND DISTRICT IN THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN,HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT" AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH,THE RELIEF OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THE RELIEF OF THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY.

Area of benefit: DINAS POWYS AND DISTRICT

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £52,981 while total expenditure rose to £54,091, resulting in a net decrease in reserves. However, the charity maintains a total cash balance of £61,773, which the treasurer notes is sufficient to meet the reserve target for replacing the minibus.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN RICHARD FANSHAWchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BRIAN GEORGE WEST
• CHRISTOPHER PAUL FRANKS · trustee of 1 other charity
• COLIN WEDGWOOD TURNER
• Christopher Francis Bee
• KEITH HATTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Crowley
• WENDY BOURTON OBE

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

Operates in: Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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