Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 10

VOLA CONSORTIUM

Advancement of education & lifelong learningProvision of crime prevention & offender rehabilitation services;Promotion of the vol sector in Lpool City Region & surrounding areas, by:- Building capacity of charitable & voluntary orgs operating in area- Promoting, organising & facilitating co-operation & partnership working between charitable & voluntary orgs, statutory & other bodies

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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 age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£523	£379	£144	£0	£182	£36	1.1	0	0
31/03/22	£150	£141	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	£75	£66	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20	£37	£59	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19	£86	£95	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18	£114	£106	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£139	£136	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£52	£170	£-118	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 65%
Liabilities/Income: 64%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 20%
Reserves/Spending: 1.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 10 years

www.volamerseyside.org.uk

info@volamerseyside.org.uk

01519200726

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,

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 - Community Energy Assessments: Promoting Energy Efficiency in the Community
£9,948	28/10/2021	This group will use the funding to pay for qualified assessors to create energy performance certificates (EPC) for members of their consortium. These will be used as a baseline to improve energy ....more This group will use the funding to pay for qualified assessors to create energy performance certificates (EPC) for members of their consortium. These will be used as a baseline to improve energy efficiency in their buildings and reduce their carbon emissions. It will also promote ongoing climate action and awareness locally.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Bridge to the Future - VOLA Consortium
£33,962	10/07/2020 6	VOLA Consortium will use the funding to provides its members with the necessary support to enable them to deliver training and employment support services.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-69

RAYMOND MOORE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Manager

ANGELA WHITE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer

CLAIRE COOK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive

DAMIAN FRANCE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Management Consultant

DEBBIE GAYLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Adult Education

JAMES DERMOT BRETT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive

NICOLA JANE CROSBY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

MARK WILLIAM ORD Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Charity, Other trusteeships: NETHERLEY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY INIATIVE LIMITED, FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD, SPEKE COMMUNITY CENTRE ( THE COMMY), SPEKE CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, FRIENDS OF SPEKE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/10/2014, number: 1158777
Registered at Companies House on 24/10/2013, number: 08746685

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

3RD FLOOR
NORTH WING
BURLINGTON HOUSE
CROSBY ROAD NORTH
LIVERPOOL

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 2.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT; 2.2 THE PROVISION OF CRIME PREVENTION AND OFFENDER REHABILITATION SERVICES; 2.3 THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE LIVERPOOL CITY REGION AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BY: 2.3.1 BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS OPERATING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND PROVIDING THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE BUT IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS; AND 2.3.2 PROMOTING, ORGANISING AND FACILITATING CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, “THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR” MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: “CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES; AND 2.4 TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARTABLE WITHIN THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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