Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION BLYTH VALLEY

The aim of CVABV is to support the development of a vibrant, strong, innovative and self-sustaining VCS in Blyth Valley.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • Why is the Board completely male?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£125£142£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£110£105£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£190£125£65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£54£55£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£63£54£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£55£56£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£82£97£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£98£117£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£121£135£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£82£147£-65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£203£275£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£214£301£-87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£313£280£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£347£307£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09?£181£167£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08*£40£18£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/07*£3£0£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.cvabv.org.uk

info@cvabv.org.uk

01670353623

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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£258,637
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£30,150
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£21,500
DCMS£5,150
Co-Operative Group£3,954
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Community and Voluntary Action Blyth Valley
£10,000 16/03/2023
Capacity building support for third sector organisations in south east northumberland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Community and Voluntary Action Blyth Valley
£5,000 01/03/2023
General charitable purposes
Co-Operative Group - Grant to CVA Blyth Valley
£3,954 23/10/2021
We would buy PPE, storage equipment, sorting tables and shelving, bags, and essential food items and household supplies to help with the distribution of supplies to people in need during Covid-19.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Community and Voluntary Action Blyth Valley
£6,500 21/10/2021
Equipment to furnish a Community Hub in Blyth, including laptops, shelving and furniture
National Lottery Community Fund - South East Northumberland Community Hubs Fit for the Future
£199,553 17/02/2021
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The project will use the funding to oversee the running of 15 community groups and their respective buildings to ensure measures are put in place to maintain and enhance the buildings due to increased demand since the pandemic. This will also ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - core costs
£5,000 14/01/2021
core costs
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support to community groups and charities in the Blyth Valley in the wake of Covid-19
£5,000 06/10/2020
Support to community groups and charities in the Blyth Valley in the wake of Covid-19
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - support to community groups and charities in the Blyth Valley in the wake of Covid-19
£5,150 06/10/2020
support to community groups and charities in the Blyth Valley in the wake of Covid-19
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,150 02/10/2020
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Blyth Valley Covid 19 Community Support
£49,084 03/07/2020
6
The funding will be used to improve food and essential supplies distribution for the most vulnerable people in the community and to improve the safety of food packing teams and delivery volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Blyth Covid 19 emergency support
£10,000 29/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide access to basic food and household supplies for people who are self-isolating because they are at high risk of COVID-19 including older people and people with disabilities or long-term health conditions.. The aim ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Additional charitable expenditure incurred in Supporting charities and other community organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic
£5,000 30/04/2020
Additional charitable expenditure incurred in Supporting charities and other community organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - additional charitable expenditure incurred in supporting charities and other community organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic
£5,000 30/04/2020
additional charitable expenditure incurred in supporting charities and other community organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Core costs including staff, office, training and professional costs in 2019/20
£5,000 07/02/2020
Core costs including staff, office, training and professional costs in 2019/20
National Lottery Community Fund - Informing local VCS
£7,661 31/05/2018
12
The funding will be used to run training courses for volunteers who work in the local community and upgrade training equipment, so they can deliver their services more effectively and safely.
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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: 46-82
  • CRAIG NICHOLSON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • DAVID JOHNSTON (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Electrician
  • DAVID VAUGHAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Reired
  • MARK BERESFORD Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Signaller
  • PAUL SMITH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/10/2006, number: 1116430
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/06/2006, number: 05860971
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR08: 78 days late, AR07: 98 days late,
Main office

22 BEACONSFIELD STREET
BLYTH
NORTHUMBERLAND
NE24 2DP

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF BLYTH VALLEY AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.(B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP REPRESENTATIVES OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BLYTH VALLEY AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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