TELFORD AND WREKIN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 702589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TELFORD AND WREKIN CVS

As described in Annual Report

Objects

4.1.1. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF TELFORD AND WREKIN AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE.4.1.2. TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE SERVICES AND TO THAT END TO FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.4.1.3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE 4:4.1.3.1. “THIRD SECTOR” MEANS CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES.4.1.3.2. “CHARITIES” ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. 4.1.3.3. “VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES” ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Area of benefit: TELFORD AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £34,106 for the year, resulting in total funds of £1,114,695. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains an Employment Reserve of £116,123, which meets its stated policy of covering three months of projected staff costs. The charity operates a defined benefit pension scheme with a recognized liability of £5,713, but the overall financial position is supported by significant investment assets valued at over £1 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by D.R.E. & Co. (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02436644

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — TELFORD & WREKIN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• WHITTINGHAM, Lowri — director, appointed 03/09/2026on trustee list
• TINDALL, Rebecca — director, appointed 03/09/2026on trustee list
• CROSSLAND, Elizabeth Ann — director, appointed 11/02/2026on trustee list
• THORPE, Richard John — director, appointed 25/11/2025on trustee list
• COOKE, Michael James — director, appointed 05/11/2025on trustee list
• DAVIS, Paul Anthony, Cllr — director, appointed 05/11/2025on trustee list
• MORRISON, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 16/05/2025on trustee list
• RAISBECK, Maria Victoria — director, appointed 02/04/2025not on trustee list
• MORROW, Glynn — director, appointed 11/09/2024on trustee list
• BRISSETT, Verley Arthur — director, appointed 13/01/2014on trustee list
• GUEST, Nicola Michelle — secretary, appointed 21/10/2024
• KUCZYNSKA, Jennifer Ellen — secretary, appointed 21/10/2024

Official officers record.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• VERLEY BRISSETTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cllr Paul Anthony Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Glynn Morrow
• Lowri Whittingham
• Maria Rasbeck
• Michael James Cooke
• Nicola Morrison
• Rebecca Tindall
• Richard John Thorpe

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

Common questions

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