HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD
Registered charity 514311 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HULL CVS
The role of Hull CVS is to support the sustainable development of voluntary and communtiy groups and volunteering in Hull and its neighbourhood. To this end it brings organisations together to share information and good practice; promotes the value of the voluntary sector and of volunteering; supports the development of new groups; provides services to organisations; provides representation.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · 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 group is in a position of stability and has generated a net movement in funds of £198,915 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees report a reserves policy target of maintaining unrestricted funds sufficient to meet four to six months of running costs, with actual unrestricted funds totaling £1,458,023. The charity acknowledges its continued dependence on public sector grants and contracts while noting adequate resources 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 policy: four to six months running costs (held: £1.5m)
“The policy agreed is to maintain a general reserve of unrestricted funds sufficient to meet four to six months running costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The trustees continue to be confident that both the charity, operating in its own right and its trading subsidiaries will achieve their forecasts for the next twelve months. The trustees are also aware of their continued dependence on the grants and contracts issued from the Public Sector and continue to seek other forms of income by maximising their resources and infrastructure.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Rackhams Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Helen Grimwood — Chief Executive (source)
- Jonathan Slater — Chair of Trustees (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.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Bransholme Trust — “Funding from Bransholme Trust provides engagement to get young people to work with them, which leads to opportunities to gain recognised qua…” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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)
Reported reserves equal ~8.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (30/10/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group is in a position of stability and has generated a net movement in funds of £198,915 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees report a reserves policy target of maintaining unrestricted funds sufficient to meet four to six months of running costs, with actual unrestricted funds totaling £1,458,023. The charity acknowledges its continued dependence on public sector grants and contracts while noting adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Rackhams Accountants Limited.
Who funds HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD as a grant recipient include TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST, MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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