DUDLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
Registered charity 517766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D C V S, THE DUDLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
Promoting any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community within the Metropolitan area of Dudley. To develop a high quality, proactive voluntary sector for the benefit of the residents of the Dudley Borough by positively engaging partners in support of voluntary activity. To bring together representatives of the statutory and voluntary organisations engaged therein.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that Dudley CVS experienced a 62% reduction in core funding due to local authority cuts, yet it successfully secured the Local Infrastructure Quality Accreditation (LIQA) and unlocked over £1.5 million in grant funding for other groups. The organization continues to deliver extensive community support services, including social prescribing and the distribution of Household Support Funds, indicating ongoing operational activity despite financial pressures.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Andy Gray — Chief Officer (source)
- Kate Green — Deputy Chief Officer (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.
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.
- SUNTER, Timothy John — director, appointed 23/10/2025on trustee list
- BAKER-BARNES, Anna — director, appointed 23/10/2025on trustee list
- COLE, Benjamin Thomas — director, appointed 01/02/2025on trustee list
- JONES, Keeley — director, appointed 24/10/2024on trustee list
- BRADLEY, Jennifer Margaret — director, appointed 19/10/2023on trustee list
- FIELDER, Karen Louise — director, appointed 06/11/2019not on trustee list
- LIDINGTON, Derek Roland — director, appointed 15/10/2015on trustee list
- SAYER, Alison Jane — director, appointed 17/10/2013not on trustee list
- KHALID, Asima — director, appointed 14/10/2010on trustee list
- HUBAND, Sally Ann — director, appointed 12/10/2005on trustee list
- CLARKE, Jane Helen — director, appointed 20/10/2004not on trustee list
- JONES, Graham Martin — director, appointed 09/10/1996not on trustee list
- TURNER, Mary Elizabeth Jean — director, appointed 13/10/1993on trustee list
- ADAMS, Anne Elizabeth — directoron trustee list
- GRAY, Andrew John — secretary, appointed 05/11/2004
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles 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.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Dudley
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DUDLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Dudley CVS experienced a 62% reduction in core funding due to local authority cuts, yet it successfully secured the Local Infrastructure Quality Accreditation (LIQA) and unlocked over £1.5 million in grant funding for other groups. The organization continues to deliver extensive community support services, including social prescribing and the distribution of Household Support Funds, indicating ongoing operational activity despite financial pressures.
Who funds DUDLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DUDLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE as a grant recipient include JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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