EALING AND HOUNSLOW COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Registered charity 800684 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EALING & HOUNSLOW COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE, EALING COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE, EALING CVS

Ealing and Hounslow CVS provides a wide range of support services for voluntary and community groups in the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow, including funding advice, help with recruiting volunteers, information on voluntary sector developments and good practice, and training. It incorporates Ealing Volunteer Centre and Hounslow Volunteer Centre.

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Latest income
£953k
Latest spending
£689k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £976,771 and total expenditure to £688,724, resulting in a net movement in funds of £288,047. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £397,068, which is below the stated policy target of approximately six months' expenditure. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and reported nothing regarding material uncertainties about going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (78% of income)
“Charitable activities 4 186,772 766,602 953,374 938,677” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £397k; policy: six month’s expenditure)
“The Board of Trustees has reviewed the level of reserves needed by the charity and agreed that the charity should aim to hold unrestricted reserves sufficient to meet approximately six month’s expenditure.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ward Williams Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Total income
£977k
Total spending
£689k
Reserves (reported)
£397k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ealing · Hounslow

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£953k£689k
31/03/2024£939k£644k
31/03/2023£828k£584k
31/03/2022£676k£568k
31/03/2021£652k£496k

Common questions

Is EALING AND HOUNSLOW COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £976,771 and total expenditure to £688,724, resulting in a net movement in funds of £288,047. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £397,068, which is below the stated policy target of approximately six months' expenditure. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and reported nothing regarding material uncertainties about going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ward Williams Limited.

Who funds EALING AND HOUNSLOW COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EALING AND HOUNSLOW COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE as a grant recipient include HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUST, GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERING.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUSTFY2024£10kDigital inclusion project established at West Ealing Community Managed Library...
GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERINGFY2025£5kCommunity Resilience

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2024£20kTransition to eVisa Fund
UK government29/09/2023£17kEU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding
Greater London Authority03/01/2021£37kGrant to Ealing and Hounslow CVS
UK government01/04/2020£48kEALING CVS (G)
UK government01/04/2020£59kEALING LAW CENTRE (G)
London Borough of Hounslow08/03/2019£32kGrant to Ealing CVS
City Bridge Foundation06/07/2018£60kGrant to Ealing and Hounslow Community Voluntary Service (EHCVS)
London Borough of Hounslow19/02/2014£32kGrant to Ealing CVS