SYSTON AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Registered charity 510412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SYSTON AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER BUREAU

Recruits, supports and trains volunteers for voluntary and statutory organisations, in the South Charnwood Area. Runs Social Car Scheme,Wheelchair Hire, Minibus transport for vulnerable people and rurally isolated within the community - building community cohesion. Supports organisations using volunteers and supports self help groups set up by the Volunteer Centre benefiting the community.

Objects

TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY WORK IN EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES AND SIMILAR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE CLASSES IN NEED THEREOF.

Area of benefit: SYSTON 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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £24,199 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £272,915. The Trustees note that the Centre continues to operate in a period of financial uncertainty regarding core funding from statutory bodies, having lost support from Charnwood Borough Council. Despite this, the Trustees consider the current level of general and designated reserves to be satisfactory to ensure service delivery.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Ringrose
• Fiona Cherry-Anne Henry
• John Shelton
• Mark Andrew Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Lomas
• Pierre Castille
• Simon John Bradshaw
• Sona Bharkhada

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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