Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 1

LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

The charity promotes any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community across Lancashire (including Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool) and in particular focuses on delivering community action and volunteering projects. The charity helps the 7 members to work collabortively as an umbrella body improving effectiveness and co-ordination of support services to frontline VCFSE organisations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23	*	£57	£56	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£224	£195	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£208	£215	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£357	£441	£-84	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£580	£665	£-85	£0	£124	£6	0.1	0
31/03/18	*	£563	£501	£63	£0	£209	£7	0.2	0
31/03/17	*	£207	£125	£82	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16		£267	£238	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15	*	£440	£413	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14	*	£41	£77	£-36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13		£109	£104	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/12	*	£10	£17	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/11		£36	£37	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/10		£33	£13	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/09	*	£31	£0	£31	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

01254583957

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides other finance
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool, Lancashire,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant 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 - Local Lancashire - VCFSE Community Manifesto
£484,636	19/04/2023	This funding will support the VCFSE sector in building local networks and partnerships across the Lancashire 14. Art will connect local communities to policy and decision-making in Lancashire ....more This funding will support the VCFSE sector in building local networks and partnerships across the Lancashire 14. Art will connect local communities to policy and decision-making in Lancashire sub-region. The project aims to bring people together and support them to reach their potential.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-72

TRACY HOPKINS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ceo

YAKUB PATEL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Community Youth Worker

CHRISTINE BLYTHE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chief Officer

ELAINE BARKER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Manager

LYNN SAGGERSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive

NASIMA ZAMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive

VICTOR THOMAS CITARELLA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE WEST LANCASHIRE,

JEREMY GARTH HODGKINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: VOLUNTARY SECTOR NORTH WEST, CARE NETWORK (BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN) LTD, BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN HEALTHY LIVING, BLACKBURN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, DARWEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/10/2008, number: 1126484
Registered at Companies House on 18/10/2007, number: 06402216

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR23: 7 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR12: 176 days late, AR09: 159 days late,

Main office

Community C V S
45 Railway Road
BLACKBURN
BB1 1EZ

Objectives

THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LANCASHIRE SUB REGION, WHICH INCLUDES THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN UNITARY AUTHORITY, BLACKPOOL UNITARY AUTHORITY AND LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (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, AND IN FUTHERANCE OF THE SAID PURPOSES, BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE, TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SAME AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LANCASHIRE

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