Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

CROYDON VOLUNTARY ACTION

CVA provides a wide range of voluntary and community sector (VCS) support services, from community accountancy, fund management, fund raising advice and centre management, to volunteering, training, information, graphic design and networking. CVA also promotes voluntary sector interests to key stakeholders and represents Croydon's Third Sector on Croydon's main strategic partnership bodies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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*£1,650£1,943£-293£0£2,814£6013.717450
31/03/22£1,561£1,699£-138£0£1,542£1,3589.617645
31/03/21£1,314£1,436£-122£0£664£5774.816486
31/03/20£1,353£1,337£17£0£2,123£667611251
?31/03/19£1,342£1,392£-50£0£2,106£2,06017.88190
31/03/18£1,516£1,495£21£0£2,148£2,14817.2140
31/03/17*£1,491£1,484£6£0£2,125£4303.5180
31/03/16*£1,428£1,436£-7£0£2,104£2382210
31/03/15£1,641£1,652£-11£5£2,114£2,00014.5220
31/03/14£1,705£1,833£-128£7£2,120£1,94012.7240
31/03/13*£2,128£2,176£-48£6£2,241£2,05411.3270
31/03/12£1,364£1,737£-373£7£2,285£2,19915.2250
31/03/11£2,466£2,259£207£7£2,658£2,43712.9190
31/03/10£2,448£2,491£-43£8£2,447£2,15910.4470
31/03/09*£2,757£2,611£145£8£2,477£2,19110.1460
31/03/08*£2,698£2,667£31£11£2,350£4201.9530
31/03/07*£2,906£1,918£988£11£2,331£8135.1570
31/03/06*£2,311£1,927£384n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£1,864£1,846£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£1,849£1,490£359n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 21%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 4.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 28 years

www.cvalive.org.uk

cva@cvalive.org.uk

02086537060

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Croydon, Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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
National Lottery Community Fund£80,698
London Marathon Charitable Trust£47,000
DCMS£24,978
Comic Relief£24,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Reflect, Review and Realise
£5,000 08/09/2023
Working with Croydon’s six Local Community Partnerships on crisis response. Learning from the Covid-19 Pandemic and other local fires and civil unrest incidents, we’ll collectively consider: what did we do? What did we learn? Building our ....more
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Active Communities Hub
£47,000 21/03/2023
towards the renovation of the Active Communities Hub (ACH), at Upper Mall Centrale Croydon to use for sports and physical activities and employ a Community Builder
Greater London Authority - Reflect, Review and Realise
£5,000 28/02/2023
Reflect, Review and Realise Working with Croydon’s six Local Community Partnerships on crisis response. Learning from the Covid-19 Pandemic and other local fires and civil unrest incidents, we’ll collectively consider: what did we do? What did ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - We All Stand Together
£9,500 28/10/2022
The funding will be used to offer wellbeing activities such as cooking gardening and sports to refugees and asylum seekers in the community. This project aims to improve physical and mental health of isolated people while building trusted community ....more
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Sanctuary Project
£9,876 22/03/2022
This project will fund sessions for Yoga and Dance and multi sport sessions for Badminton, Table Tennis, Fitness and Tai Chi to a target group of refugees and women.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Croydon Voluntary Action
£5,000 11/09/2020
Start-up costs for Croydon COVID-19 Mutual Aid, including: volunteer expenses (e.g. petrol), leaflet printing, postage costs, Mutual Aid helpline set up cost to direct individuals to their local mutual aid group, software costs (upgrades e.g. zoom, ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 11/09/2020
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
Comic Relief - Croydon Voluntary Action Recovery Funding
£24,400 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
National Lottery Community Fund - London Funders - Croydon Voluntary Action Covid-19 Response
£71,198 18/06/2020
5
Croydon Voluntary Action (CVA) will use the funding for their Community Response Unit to enable them to coordinate and support the voluntary sector emergency response across Croydon.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£19,978 20/05/2020
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
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Croydon Voluntary Action
£5,000 21/04/2020
The funding is required to support our emergency response for the most vulnerable. We are receiving donations and delivering them to individuals or groups but need specific foods (gluten free etc.) and hygiene items not part of regular donations. We ....more
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£149,240 01/01/2019
CROYDON: ONE POSTCODE supports young people to take the lead in challenging youth violence, using social action to bring them together around a programme of issue-based and personal development activities and developing this as a platform for ....more
Greater London Authority - Refugee All Stars #We Stand Together
£139,130 31/10/2018
This project releases the untapped potential of sport as a driver for change in refugee communities. Participants will be equipped with key life-skills through volunteering and trained in community outreach to engage people from their community in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - CtoC/1/4 - Croydon Health Employment Partnership (CHEP)
£20,594 04/10/2018
35
CtoC/1/4 - Croydon Health Employment Partnership (CHEP)
Comic Relief - Refugee All Stars #We Stand Together
£139,130 25/09/2018
24
The project will tackle the barriers to social integration by upskilling individual refugees to play key roles in their communities, not just as catalysts for greater participation in mainstream sports but as connectors to Croydon’s civil society. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - CtoC/1/4 - Croydon Health Employment Partnership (CHEP)
£363,066 12/05/2016
24
This grant will be used for a project that aims to support people with disabilities across the Coast to Capital LEP area. Participants will include those with long term health conditions and substance misuse issues. It will encourage those taking ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Croydon Voluntary Action
£40,000 18/03/2016
£40,000 over 12 months. The proposed funding is conditional on the assessing grants officer signing off the organisation’s choice of consultant for the business planning.
National Lottery Community Fund - CtoC/1/4 Croydon Health Employment Partnership (CHEP)
£45,000 06/11/2015
12
This grant will be used to develop plans for a project to support people with disabilities, long term health conditions and people with substance misuse issues to lead healthier lifestyles, improve their independence and work readiness. The ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to Croydon Voluntary Action
£10,000 03/11/2014
Team Croydon Team Leaders volunteers project
Sport England - Game Changer
£240,000 15/04/2014
Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Game Changer'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Croydon Family Power: Giving Children a Head Start
£1,079,991 13/12/2011
48
This project will work in partnership with 17 organisations and support 300 families. It will introduce a new and unique combination of evidence-based approaches to build child-empathy, enhance parental capabilities and strengthen family resilience, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Croydon Family Power: Giving Children a Head Start
£10,000 22/06/2011
12
This is a development grant which has been awarded so that the applicant can work up a more detailed application.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ASHOK KUMAR Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Hm Inspector Of Taxes
  • ANN TIGHE Appointed: 2018
  • CAROLE ELAINE PARNELL Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
  • GHAZALA MIRZA Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Interpreter Councellor
  • HELEN SHAW Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Head Of Project Management
  • KARIM HEMANI (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • MARY MACCAULEY Appointed: 2013
  • MIKE MULVEY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Business Consultant
  • SUSANETTE MANSOUR Appointed: 2019
  • TERRY ROBERTS Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/01/1997, number: 1060157
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/10/1996, number: 03271298
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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 141 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR09: 24 days late, AR08: 19 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 16 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

82 LONDON ROAD
CROYDON
SURREY
CR0 2TB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PRESERVATION OR PROTECTION OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS [ INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ACCOMODATION FOR NECESSITOUS OR AGED PERSONS], AND TO PROMOTE HARMONIOUS COMMUNITY RELATIONS AMONG THE COMMUNITY OF ALL RACES, BELIEFS AND CULTURES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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