Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

WARWICKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION

Support to the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Organisations through Funding and Governance advice and support , Training , Community development . Strong representation, Group support and development . Campaigning and promotion, Volunteer recruitment and good practice in Volunteer management, Direct delivery projects include Social Prescribing, Youth Employment and two Big Local areas
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • 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£1,545£1,421£124£0£1,064£4193.54121
31/03/22£1,303£1,430£-128£0£940£3803.24730
31/03/21£1,388£1,313£75£0£1,067£3573.34430
31/03/20£1,135£1,369£-234£0£991£34034580
31/03/19£2,093£1,804£290£0£1,300£4272.852120
31/03/18£1,881£2,006£-126£0£1,010£3742.2560
31/03/17*£1,843£1,826£17£0£1,136£4362.9540
31/03/16£1,120£947£174£0£1,118£4255.4370
31/03/15£861£953£-92£8£945£3864.9260
31/03/14£1,073£1,123£-50£8£1,036£3854.1280
31/03/13£1,333£1,434£-101£8£1,085£4103.4320
31/03/12£1,195£1,319£-124£8£1,186£4223.8340
31/03/11£1,398£1,384£14£10£1,309£4654350
31/03/10£1,847£1,372£474£8£1,295£4604340
31/03/09£1,653£832£821£7£819£5698.2240

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 39%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.wcava.org.uk

information@wcava.org.uk

01788574258

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Coventry City, Solihull, Warwickshire,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Newtown Centre
£10,000 13/01/2023
The funding will be used to refurbish a community centre where various positive social activities occur and will aim to improve a space that matters to the local community.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (Rugby)
£24,920 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Garfield Weston Foundation - WAF award
£73,500 05/10/2018
Transformation of the Newtown Centre
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (Rugby)
£149,518 29/08/2018
36
Towards the costs of expanding a successful social-prescribing scheme that has supported the wellbeing of people in Rugby and Nuneaton to further areas of Warwickshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Talent Match Coventry and Warwickshire
£2,271,247 05/04/2016
47
Talent Match Coventry and Warwickshire
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (Rugby)
£60,000 28/09/2015
24
Towards the cost of a social prescribing project, delivered in partnership with the local Clinical Commissioning Group, that uses volunteers and community organisations to support community re-engagement among people with poor levels of social ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building VCSE Delivery Capacity in Coventry & Warwickshire
£20,000 03/10/2014
9
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Nirvana
£261,947 18/04/2012
48
Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action will bring young people with learning disabilities together, particularly those not in education, employment or training who are isolated, to challenge negative perceptions of disability and improve social ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-79
  • ANDREW ARNOLD GABBITAS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: None
  • CLARE SPIERS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Coach & Grief Recovery Specialist
  • JANINAH ELISHA MCKENZIE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • JUDITH ANN WILDIG Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • RALPH PHILIP ROBSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • SHEILA ANNE HAMMOND Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Community Worker/Volunteer
  • SUSAN CHERYLL RAWBONE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Insurance Broker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2008, number: 1123402
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/03/2008, number: 06531268
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
15 returns made; AR17: 0 days late,
Main office

WCAVA
4-6 Clemens Street
LEAMINGTON SPA
Warwickshire
CV31 2DL

Objectives

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE 'OBJECTS') ARE WITHIN THE MIDLAND AREA AND IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE BOROUGHS OF NORTH WARWICKSHIRE, RUGBY AND NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS, AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS OF WARWICK AND STRATFORD ON AVON AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT)3.1 TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;3.2 WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FORGOING TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO INCLUDE NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION ADVICE, GUIDANCE, MENTORING, TRAINING, SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT TO ORGANISATIONS WITH SIMILAR CHARITABLE OBJECTS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THESE ORGANISATIONS WITH THEIR CHARITABLE WORK; AND3.3 TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THESE PURPOSES AND TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITH SEPARATE LOCAL MEMBERS COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR EACH OF THE BOROUGHS OF NORTH WARWICKSHIRE, RUGBY AND NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH, AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS OF WARWICK AND STRATFORD ON AVON.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE MIDLANDS AREA, PARTICULARLY THE BOROUGHS OF NORTH WARWICKSHIRE, RUGBY AND NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH, AND LGDS OF WARWICK AND STRATFORD ON AVON AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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