Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2
Future income +5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 19

MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL

Practical support to voluntary and community organisations, laison and advocacy, community engagement, development, standard setting, strategic partnership working and fund management.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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	*	£1,457	£1,478	£-21	£0	£1,030	£340	2.8	22	13
31/03/22		£1,419	£1,501	£-82	£0	£1,051	£243	1.9	18	27
31/03/21		£1,483	£1,310	£173	£0	£1,102	£142	1.3	18	27
31/03/20		£1,579	£780	£799	£0	£932	£52	0.8	14	27
31/03/19		£817	£644	£172	£0	£132	£12	0.2	11	50
31/03/18		£779	£875	£-96	£0	£-47	£-82	-1.1	15	0
31/03/17		£814	£859	£-46	£0	£47	£-17	-0.2	14	0
31/03/16		£850	£884	£-34	£5	£96	£3	0	15	0
31/03/15		£1,120	£1,101	£20	£6	£273	£237	2.6	14	0
31/03/14		£878	£869	£9	£9	£253	£191	2.6	10	0
31/03/13		£906	£872	£34	£8	£244	£241	3.3	8	0
31/03/12		£491	£484	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£626	£612	£14	£7	£203	£194	3.8	10	0
31/03/10		£550	£584	£-35	£7	£189	£178	3.7	11	0
31/03/09		£914	£929	£-16	£30	£224	£209	2.7	11	0
31/03/08		£893	£914	£-21	£29	£240	£212	2.8	11	0
31/03/07		£1,033	£1,087	£-55	£28	£260	£205	2.3	11	0
31/03/06		£1,283	£1,218	£65	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£1,066	£1,052	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£955	£823	£132	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 37%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 33%
Reserves/Spending: 2.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 24 years

www.mvsc.co.uk

info@mertonconnected.co.uk

02086851771

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Merton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Greater London Authority - Motivate Merton
£590,117	03/04/2023	A partnership between 12 Merton agencies/organisations will provide a targetted programme of tailored mentoring and enrichment activities for young people, with characteristics that make them vulnerable to poor socio-economic, educational and/or ....more A partnership between 12 Merton agencies/organisations will provide a targetted programme of tailored mentoring and enrichment activities for young people, with characteristics that make them vulnerable to poor socio-economic, educational and/or offending related outcomes. For example, those with experience of; care, domestic abuse, homelessness, refugee/asylum, school exclusion and the criminal justice system.
The Wimbledon Foundation - Step up project
£20,500	19/05/2021	Merton Connected will build on their capacity building work to launch a pilot quality mark for small charities called the Merton Step-up project. The groups will be supported with their organisational development and governance to meet the standard, ....more Merton Connected will build on their capacity building work to launch a pilot quality mark for small charities called the Merton Step-up project. The groups will be supported with their organisational development and governance to meet the standard, which will be recognised by local authority commissioning departments. Mentoring organisations will also be sought to continue support.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Merton Voluntary Service Council
£122,000	30/10/2019 24	£122,000 over two further and final years (£64,000; £58,000) towards the salaries of the Head of Development (0.8FTE) and CEO (0.2FTE); project costs and overheads; and fees for an income-generation consultant of £8,000 in year one.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Merton Voluntary Service Council
£285,000	30/10/2019 60	£285,000 over 5 years (£57,000; £52,000; £54,000; £60,000: £62,000) towards 0.6 FTE salary costs of a Business Development Manager, running costs, marketing, communications and overheads.
Trust for London - Merton Voluntary Service Council - CVS
£54,000	21/02/2018 24	The funding is to engage a part-time worker to build the capacity, knowledge and practice of local BAME organisations and to strengthen their ability to influence and campaign for good quality and affordable housing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	09/10/2017	Fayre and Square
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Merton Voluntary Service Council
£160,000	18/03/2016 36	£160,000 over 3 years (£51,400; £53,400; £55,200) towards the salaries of the Head of Development and the Chief Executive, along with evaluation workshop costs and associated overheads.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-77

ASHA NEWSUM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

EMMA WILEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Doctor

JENNIFER MARY GODDARD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Charity Services

JUDITH BRODIE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Management Consultant

NIGEL LAWSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Accountant

WENDY JANE PRIDMORE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/03/2001, number: 1085867
Registered at Companies House on 21/02/2001, number: 04164949

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

21/07/2014 - Asset transfer in from VOLUNTEER CENTRE MERTON
30/06/2016 - Asset transfer in from MERTON UNITY NETWORK
30/03/2020 - Asset transfer in from SUTTON AND MERTON CCGS CHARITABLE FUNDS

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
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: 7 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from SUTTON AND MERTON CCGS CHARITABLE FUNDS on 30/03/2020

Main office

MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL
VESTRY HALL
LONDON ROAD
MITCHAM
CR4 3ND

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND, IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS 2. TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE. 3. TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON AND ITS ENVIRONS

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