Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 15
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 26 ?

SUTTON BOROUGH VOLUNTEER BUREAU

To advance education protect health relieve poverty sickness and distress and to promote any other charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the area of benefit by the promotion of a voluntary service and for these purposes but not otherwise the charity shall (a) advise and guide persons willing to volunteer and (b) advise and guide organisations using volunteers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£610£638£-28£56£362£2474.6233,708
31/03/22£587£523£64£56£390£2585.9201,457
31/03/21*£586£522£65£41£326£2325.3171,826
31/03/20£392£428£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£353£458£-105n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£386£466£-80n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£536£532£4£43£482£2225180
31/03/16£594£579£15£57£478£2234.6180
31/03/15£611£584£27£36£463£2364.8210
31/03/14*£683£627£56£28£436£2134.1150
31/03/13£654£645£9£19£380£1933.6160
31/03/12£680£644£36£24£372£1903.580
31/03/11£1,024£988£35£16£336£1772.1230
31/03/10£963£1,002£-39£20£300£1321.6100
31/03/09*£979£978£1£17£339£1852.3100
31/03/08*£841£799£41£25£339£1712.6270
31/03/07*£745£689£56£19£297£1743270
31/03/06£599£573£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£557£514£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£481£471£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 10.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 29 years

www.vcsutton.org.uk

vcsutton@vcsutton.org.uk

02086615900

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey, Sutton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Greater London Authority£607,624
Henry Smith Charity£176,400
The London Community Foundation£38,005
DCMS£38,005
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£35,341
Comic Relief£32,634
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
City Bridge Trust£9,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - New Deal for Young People Grants
£449,656 01/01/2024
We will deliver 1-1 weekly mentoring to address and prevent the rise in suicide, sexual and criminal exploitation. Supporting 200 young people over a 2 year period, we will empower these individuals, enabling them to flourish within a safe and ....more
Greater London Authority - Community Volunteer Emergency Squad
£5,000 08/09/2023
Over the six months, working in partnership with the local authority, voluntary sector and local residents, we aim to develop a Community Volunteer emergency plan. Mapping of services, training and a communication plan, we will recruit, train and ....more
Greater London Authority - Community Volunteer Emergency Squad
£4,979 28/02/2023
Community Volunteer Emergency Squad Over the six months, working in partnership with the local authority, voluntary sector and local residents, we aim to develop a Community Volunteer emergency plan. Mapping of services, training and a ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 11/02/2022
Sutton Befriending
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Volunteer Centre Sutton
£176,400 10/02/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Sutton Befriending' project providing befriending and support for vulnerable adults who are isolated in the London Borough of Sutton.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Hong Kong British National Overseas (HKBNOs) Welcome Programme
£35,341 21/07/2021
Resettlement funding for Hong Kong British nationals (overseas)
Comic Relief - Sports Buddy Sutton
£32,634 22/06/2021
12
The Sports Inclusion Group is seeking to develop a Sports Buddy Scheme, aimed at developing relationships between disabled people and community volunteers, which will enable participation in local sports clubs and activities. The project will be ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Volunteer Centre Sutton
£38,005 30/09/2020
The funding will provide adaption of services, redesigning activities and extra staff capacity with Befriending support to people at risk, older suffering with mental health issues, complex needs. We received three times the amount of complex ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£38,005 30/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sutton Borough Volunteer Bureau
£9,700 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £9,700, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
Greater London Authority - Volunteer Centre Sutton
£147,989 01/01/2020
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sutton Borough Volunteer Bureau
£119,300 02/05/2018
36
£119,300 over three years (£41,800; £38,800; £38,700) for a Community Connect Co-ordinator; production of Good Practice Guidance; and association project and organisational costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Call, Catch Up, Connect
£159,001 09/08/2017
36
This funding will help the group to continue to deliver a one-to-one, person centred, befriending service for adults at risk and older people who are severely isolated and lonely, living in their own homes. Volunteer befrienders will be carefully ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Volunteer Centre Sutton
£89,963 09/02/2017
36
This grant supports a mentoring scheme for young people who do not live with their parents; who are fostered, adopted, or under Special Guardianship Orders. They will become more engaged in education, feel less isolated and have greater self-esteem.
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Heroes Mentoring
£102,858 23/02/2015
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sutton Borough Volunteer Bureau
£27,400 27/09/2013
Volunteer Centre Sutton matches volunteers with opportunities and has a number of its own mentoring projects. The young carers mentoring project will support young carers in their roles, personal development and engagement in wider activities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Volunteer Centre Sutton
£54,000 13/06/2012
36
towards three years' running costs of a new mentoring project for looked-after children and young people leaving care in the London Borough of Sutton
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • ANTHONY JOSEPH HAZELDINE CBE
  • DEEPAK OHRY (Chair)
  • JANET ELIZABETH FLETT WRIGHT Appointed: 2024
  • NEIL GORDON STURTON DAVIES Appointed: 2021
  • VASKOR BASAK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Finance Manager
  • YVONNE ENID MCPHEE Appointed: 2013
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/09/1995, number: 1048978
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR14: 25 days late, AR09: 1 days late, AR08: 137 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Market House
216 -220 High Street
Sutton
Surrey
SM1 1NU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION PROTECT HEALTH RELIEVE POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF A VOLUNTARY SERVICE AND FOR THESE PURPOSES BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE CHARITY SHALL (A) ADVISE AND GUIDE PERSONS WILLING TO VOLUNTEER AND (B) ADVISE AND GUIDE ORGANISATIONS USING VOLUNTEERS PARTICULARLY THOSE BEING MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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