COMMUNITY VENTURES (MIDDLESBROUGH) LTD

Registered charity 702916 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CVL, EAST MIDDLESBROUGH COMMUNITY VENTURE

Education & Training, Relief of Poverty, Economic/community/development/employment

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£949k
Latest spending
£904k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £46,003, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £44,378 for the year, though it remains dependent on the timely repayment of significant debts owed by a related party, CVL Housing CIC.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months operating costs (held: £46k)
The Trustees and Directors aim to maintain a reserve level equal to six months operating costs.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
The charity is dependent to some extent on the repayment at an appropriate time of expenditure incurred on behalf of, and recharged to, a related party, CVL Housing CIC. — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£949k
Total spending
£904k
Reserves (reported)
£46k
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£949k£904k
31/03/2024£405k£486k
31/03/2023£246k£233k
31/03/2022£192k£246k
31/03/2021£115k£176k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY VENTURES (MIDDLESBROUGH) LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £46,003, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £44,378 for the year, though it remains dependent on the timely repayment of significant debts owed by a related party, CVL Housing CIC. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COMMUNITY VENTURES (MIDDLESBROUGH) LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY VENTURES (MIDDLESBROUGH) LTD as a grant recipient include THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION, THE GROCERS' CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATIONFY2021£30kCommunity Anchors' Fund / General Grants
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2023£5kYouth

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2022£10kBoys in Blue
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£6kThe TS3 Community Cookbook

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ONGO COMMUNITIES LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY VENTURES (MIDDLESBROUGH) LTD£949k0abovenoted
ONGO COMMUNITIES LIMITED FY2025£1.9m0unclearno doubt
MANCHESTER CITY F.C. CITY IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2024£4.3m3belownoted
Servol Community Services FY2025£3.7m0belowno doubt
RUTLAND HOUSE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.5m0unclearno doubt
Caring for Communities and People FY2026£13.0maboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.