Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION 

Exert influence on government policy through the voice of local voluntary and community organisations.Enable Local Infrastructure Organisations to have strong governance and management and to provide inclusive services that enable voluntary and community organisations to meet the needs of the communities they represent.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 33 years

www.navca.org.uk

navca@navca.org.uk

01142786636

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,514£1,455£60£0£755£5134.2100
31/03/22£1,356£1,237£119£2£719£5355.2100
31/03/21£1,540£1,367£174£0£589£5044.480
31/03/20£398£379£19n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£287£353£-65n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£201£432£-231£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£413£565£-152£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£496£581£-85£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£762£1,127£-365£40£916£8569.1150
31/03/14£1,196£1,423£-227£33£1,224£1,19010170
31/03/13*£2,624£2,618£6£50£1,424£1,3046190
31/03/12£1,845£1,849£-4£42£1,357£1,1227.3210
31/03/11£3,235£3,258£-22£46£1,357£1,0713.9370
31/03/10£3,323£2,942£381£48£1,379£8593.5360
31/03/09£2,728£2,814£-87£50£998£6812.9290
31/03/08£2,739£2,216£523£55£1,085£5342.9260
31/03/07£1,736£1,853£-117£79£562£3402.2270
31/03/06*£1,276£1,065£212£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,062£1,091£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,242£1,175£67£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 4.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • 10 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£404,700
Department of Health£80,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£60,000
Spirit of 2012£35,000
Tudor Trust£32,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£30,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Policy and influencing around Levelling Up
£30,000 04/02/2022
The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) is the only national membership body specifically for local sector support and development organisations (also known as local ....more
Spirit of 2012 - Social Prescribing Quality Framework
£35,000 15/09/2021
Funding to convene NAVCA?s membership and Spirit of 2012?s grantees to create a nationally recognised quality mark for social prescribing. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to National Association for Voluntary and Community Action
£2,000 29/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for local VCS infrastructure bodies in England
£300,000 15/05/2020
14
National Association for Voluntary Community Action will use this funding to cover its core costs and immediate response activities. This will support the group to continue through the crisis and ....more
Department of Health - National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
£80,000 28/04/2020
See HWA summary:Working with the VCSE sector - encourange two way flow of information and inteliigence betweeen the Sector and the System.
Tudor Trust - Grant to National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (COVID19 Grant)
£30,000 22/04/2020
12
as a one-off grant towards core costs for a national membership body for local sector support and development organisations, as they respond to the Coronavirus crisis
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£30,000 08/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Covid-19 Emergency Infrastructure Funding
£30,000 30/03/2020
3
To provide NAVCA with additional funding to respond to the Covid- 19 emergency and maintain member services during the crisis.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
£25,000 25/03/2020
12
Unrestricted funding to support NAVCA's response to the COVID19 pandemic in collating evidence from and advocating for local infrastructure
National Lottery Community Fund - National Association for Voluntary Community Action
£104,700 15/10/2019
36
National Association for Voluntary Community Action
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing Alliance-National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
£60,000 01/04/2019
The Health & Wellbeing Alliance consists of 21 organisations from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. These organisations engage in intensive co-production with system ....more
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing Alliance - Additional Work-NAVCA
£34,400 01/04/2018
The aim of the Alliance will be to facilitate integrated working between the voluntary and statutory sectors.
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing Alliance-National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
£60,000 01/04/2018
The Health & Wellbeing Alliance consists of 21 organisations from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. These organisations engage in intensive co-production with system ....more
Department of Health - HWA T2 NAVCA
£52,500 01/04/2017
Improving Commissioning, Pathway and Process through a VCSE single point of contact
Department of Health - NAVCA
£60,000 01/04/2017
Health and Wellbeing Alliance
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-67
  • HANNAH REID Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Deputy Chief Executive
  • LISA HEALINGS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Executive/Finance Director
  • SANDRA MEADOWS (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Principal Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/01/1991, number: 1001635
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/01/1991, number: 02575206
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 9 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR06: 0 days late, AR05: 57 days late,
Main office

The Circle
33 Rockingham Lane
SHEFFIELD
South Yorkshire
S1 2BX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN ENGLAND AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY,DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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