Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU

Local infrastructure support services,Volunteer Car service,Volunteer brokerage and development agency.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender 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

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
31/03/24£584£514£70£0£369£1874.416163
31/03/23£369£455£-86n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£421£338£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£304£283£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£402£376£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£363£369£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£345£317£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£338£342£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£336£305£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£391£342£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£397£315£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£245£235£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£296£270£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£293£287£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£265£259£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£222£245£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£196£222£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£194£211£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£54£100£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 51%
Reserves/Spending: 4.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 46
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.snvb.org.uk

helen.barrett@snvb.org.uk

01327358264

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
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£117,457
Postcode Places Trust£24,498
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£23,899
Garfield Weston Foundation£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to SNVB
£4,286 07/12/2023
Ongoing wraparound support service to continue the delivery of HSF vouchers.
Postcode Places Trust - Project Funding
£24,498 01/11/2023
Funding helped to support the elderly and disabled community members, enabling them to maintain and enjoy their gardens.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 25/10/2023
Garden Buddies
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - snvb Volunteer Awards 2023
£2,965 13/04/2023
To support the SNVB Volunteer Awards 2023
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - HSF3 - capacity support
£5,444 01/02/2023
Delivery of phase 3 of the Household Support vouchers and providing support to beneficiaries
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - snvb Community Larder Towcester
£3,000 23/01/2023
snvb Community Larder Towcester
National Lottery Community Fund - Garden Buddies
£68,306 20/10/2022
The funding will be used to continue the delivery and expansion of the organisation's Garden Buddies scheme for a period of 12 months whereby volunteers provide gardening services to the elderly and others who are unable to look after their gardens ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - School Food Boxes
£1,716 23/05/2022
to continue to provide supplies for breakfast and after school clubs at schools across South Northants and Daventry.
National Lottery Community Fund - SNVB FOOD
£10,000 13/05/2022
The funding will be used to expand the group's existing weekly community food service and provide a mobile food larder capable of reaching neighbouring villages for people who cannot access the existing two main locations. The project aims to reduce ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Men Into Extra Time
£19,915 27/08/2021
The project aims to improve the wellbeing of older men by reducing isolation learning new skills and supporting mental and physical health care. The group will provide social lunches quizzes a programme of talks visits activities and workshops for ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Car scheme
£2,000 22/02/2021
Car scheme
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Nutritious Food!
£2,992 03/11/2020
2
To provide healthy nutritious food on a regular basis while reducing food waste
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£2,500 04/09/2020
South Northants COVID Food Parcel project
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting vulnerable people in Brackley
£9,986 29/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to provide prescription collections and deliveries plus food shopping for vulnerable people. Also telephone contact and support where needed. The project aims to prevent loneliness and isolation for people who live alone and ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - SNVB covid 19 Food delivery parcels
£1,497 02/04/2020
To pay the costs of a driver and large van to collect food parcels from the Towcester Food Larder set up by SOFEA and deliver to community hubs, whereafter local volunteers will deliver to needy families in their homes, observing social distancing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - South Northants Community minibus
£9,250 19/12/2019
11
The funding will be used to continue running a Village Networks community transport scheme. The project aims to combat isolation by providing affordable group transportation.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Rural Information Vehicle
£8,795 10/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to increase the capacity of a mobile advice and support service. The project aims to increase the reach of the service to supporting rurally isolated people.
National Lottery Community Fund - South Northants Community Minibus
£9,150 24/01/2018
12
This group will run a minibus service for the local community, enabling people who live in isolated rural areas and who do not have their own transport to access essential services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Garden Buddies
£362,310 12/07/2017
60
The project will provide a volunteer gardening service to local residents who are unable to do the work themselves due to their age or disability. Volunteers may have mental health issues, be unemployed, isolated or have low self-esteem. There will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Village Networks
£359,293 14/11/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Garden Buddies
£186,354 18/01/2012
72
This project will deliver a volunteer-based assisted gardening project to older people who aren't able to maintain their gardens. Older people will be able to book Garden Buddies volunteers to tend a garden on an ongoing basis and make more ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Village Network
£466,972 15/06/2011
36
South Northants Volunteer Bureau will aim to reduce the isolation of older people, young families and young people in 20 local rural villages. This will be done through the purchase of a community bus which will be used for transport, advice and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ALEXANDER LOHMAN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Manager
  • DAVID REED Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired
  • ELIZABETH CRUSSELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • JOY FLANAGAN Appointed: 2023
  • MAJOR DAVID MICHAEL CROUCH
  • PETER RAWLINSON Appointed: 2023
  • ROSIE HERRING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Administrator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/07/2004, number: 1104848
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/03/2004, number: 05068116
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Volunteer Centre
4 Whittons Lane
Towcester
NN12 6YZ

Objectives

TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY WORK IN EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES AND SIMILAR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE CLASSES IN NEED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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