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home >> charity search >> voluntary action - swindon
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

VOLUNTARY ACTION - SWINDON 

Voluntary Action Swindon is the local Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) in Swindon. As an infrastructure organisation, Voluntary Action Swindon offers capacity building support to voluntary and community organisations; it represents their interests and provides a voice for them in policy-making. All voluntary and community organisations in the Borough of Swindon are our target groups.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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£471£468£3n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/22£518£418£101£0£430£3078.8114
31/03/21£341£340£1n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£336£343£-8n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/19£297£270£27n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/18£276£251£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£267£249£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£336£350£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£363£382£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£269£279£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£177£179£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£295£302£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£434£442£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£311£339£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£306£238£68£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£176£167£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£185£168£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£228£209£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£246£213£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£251£222£29£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 41 years

www.vas-swindon.org

info@vas-swindon.org

01793538398

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Swindon, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£525,395
Ministry of Defence£19,120
Wiltshire Community Foundation£17,250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,560 22/02/2023
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,560 22/02/2023
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Voluntary Action Swindon
£5,000 14/12/2022
Voluntary Action Swindon provides infrastructure support to the third sector in Swindon. The grant will support the core running costs of the Swindon Shopmobility service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Swindon Youth Voice
£374,621 24/11/2022
The funding will support a new youth forum in Swindon aiming to improve inclusion and diversity and provide opportunities for young people to have their voices heard.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cafe Mobility
£7,000 28/01/2022
The funding will be used to establish a community cafe to create more social opportunities for the people living with mobility issues in the community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Never more needed
£87,524 30/09/2021
The organisation will use the funding to increase their overall capacity and improve capabilities to help the Swindon Voluntary Sector (representing many local charities) to thrive supporting the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Core Funding
£56,250 29/07/2020
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Voluntary Action Swindon (VAS) will use the funding to offer a variety of services to the local voluntary and community sector such as the Swindon Borough Council Community Resilience hub.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Voluntary Action Swindon
£7,250 29/06/2020
To provide advice and support to local charities during and after the coronavirus situation
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Voluntary Action Swindon
£5,000 31/03/2020
To buy prepaid supermarket cards to facilitate volunteers doing shopping for vulnerable people
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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: 50-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/10/1983, number: 287732
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/12/1981, number: 01604168
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF SWINDON SHOPMOBILITY on 08/02/2021
Main office

VOLUNTARY ACTION SWINDON
1 JOHN STREET
SWINDON
SN1 1RT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGH OF THAMESDOWN AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF THAMESDOWN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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