Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 11
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

VOLUNTARY IMPACT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LTD

Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire's aim is to support community action for the benefit of individuals and contribute to more sustainable communities.Our objectives are to:Provide infrastructure services for voluntary sector organisations in Northampton to enable them to make a full contribution to society;Promote community action and enable individuals to benefit from volunteering.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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£784£794£-11£10£826£2233.421173
31/03/22£809£830£-21£0£837£2343.428100
31/03/21*£883£944£-61£0£858£7219.22940
31/03/20£942£790£152£0£919£79612.12931
31/03/19£725£740£-15£0£790£1412.32181
31/03/18*£790£792£-2£0£806£1752.6240
31/03/17£738£792£-54£0£807£1892.9200
31/03/16£644£700£-56£0£861£2334200
31/03/15£520£624£-104£24£917£2384.6200
31/03/14£687£687£0£17£1,021£3105.4140
31/03/13£890£858£32£8£1,020£2793.9210
31/03/12*£708£766£-59£9£988£2423.8270
31/03/11£733£581£152£7£1,047£2425180
31/03/10£626£678£-52£4£895£1582.8220
31/03/09£492£399£93n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£365£328£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£383£406£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£386£347£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£334£353£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,206£374£833n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 27%
Reserves/Spending: 3.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.voluntaryimpact.org.uk

info@voluntaryimpact.org.uk

01604637522

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£299,511
Lloyds Bank Foundation£30,000
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£26,997
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Ministry of Defence£9,623
Postcode Places Trust£9,595
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Places Trust - Project Funding
£9,595 31/07/2023
Funding enabled us to run a Poverty Truth Commission to support people living with the effects of poverty in West Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Northampton Community Transport
£4,640 06/07/2023
To support their Northampton Community Transport scheme
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,623 11/02/2022
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Organising in a left behind neighbourhood
£9,995 26/11/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a training and support programme in a deprived neighbourhood that will help people in the local community become community organisers. The project aims to strengthen peoples’ connection to their local community ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Happy @ Home
£207,254 29/10/2021
36
The funding will be used over three years towards the costs of delivering a befriending service for those most in need in the local community. The project hopes to support those suffering from loneliness and social isolation and encourage improved ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 01/10/2021
Supporting the core work of Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Building a portfolio of stories about poverty - Poverty Truths
£3,000 21/09/2021
employ a sessional worker to support the Poverty Truth Commission
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Volunteer Car Scheme
£5,000 28/04/2021
Northampton Volunteer Car Scheme
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Strategic response to unmet need
£11,357 19/01/2021
From the outset of the Covid19 outbreak, VIN has been working very closely with the Local Resilience Framework (LRF) and Northampton Borough Council (NBC) to help provide support to the local response to the crisis. They have provided a contact ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Infrastructure grant to Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire
£30,000 08/12/2020
12
Unrestricted grant over one year to Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire under the Infrastructure funding programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Movement for Unmet Need
£47,475 03/07/2020
9
Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire is using funding to develop and deliver a new volunteer-based support service for vulnerable people in the borough of Northampton and the immediate surrounding area. The project is helping develop volunteering ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 12/06/2020
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
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Supporting people and communities
£3,000 02/04/2020
3
To use the temporary capacity within their buses and volunteer car drivers to carry out vital errands for elderly and vulnerable people in Northampton, such as shopping for essential items, delivering prescriptions from pharmacies, and delivering ....more
Department for Transport - Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
£3,529 01/04/2020
The Local Authority Bus Subsidy Ring-Fenced (Revenue) Grant is paid by the Department for Transport to local authorities in place of the Bus Services Operators Grant previously paid to bus operators for running services under tender to local ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Northamptonshire VCSE Assembly
£34,787 28/02/2020
18
The funding will be used to facilitate the creation of a VCSE Assembly across Northamptonshire county. It will provide a means for VCSE organisations to meet and exchange information, ideas and good practice. It will provide a mechanism to respond ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Happy at Home
£349,641 14/02/2018
36
This project will support older people experiencing loneliness and isolation. Activities will be run in the community to encourage older people to interact, including lunches, afternoon tea, singalongs and walks. Older people have been involved in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - School of Life (SoL)
£390,148 09/03/2015
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Better Opportunities for Northamptonshire
£10,000 03/10/2014
9
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Northampton Volunteering Centre
£25,500 27/01/2012
the salary of the Springboard Support Worker
National Lottery Community Fund - School of Life
£387,104 13/04/2011
48
The School of Life Project (SOLP) is a continuation of a pilot project by Northampton Volunteering Centre (NVC). It will work in partnership with Nene Valley Community Action and South Northamptonshire Bureau to to increase the community involvement ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-80
  • CAM WHYLD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Customer And Business Development Manager
  • CLIVE DYLAN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: General Manager
  • DAMON BOUGHEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Fundraising Manager
  • NICOLA ANNE JACKSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Personal Strengths Coach
  • TOBY JOHN BIRCH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/07/2001, number: 1087513
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/03/2001, number: 04184061
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
  • 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; AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 8 days late, AR12: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NORTHAMPTON DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE on 28/05/2021
Main office

15 ST. GILES STREET
NORTHAMPTON
NN1 1JA

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND ENVIRONS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS, AND TO SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.2) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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