Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

VSO 

VSO IS THE WORLD'S LEADING INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY WORKING FOR CHANGE THROUGH VOLUNTEERS. VSO BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SHARE SKILLS, CREATIVITY AND LEARNING TO BUILD A FAIRER WORLD. VSO HAS PROGRAMMES IN OVER TWENTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOCUSING ON DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IN THREE THEMATIC AREAS: EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SECURE LIVELIHOODS.
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:

  • There is a pension deficit of £361,000
  • 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
Established: 62 years

www.vsointernational.org

company.secretary@vsoint.org

02087807500

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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£40,398£39,180£1,218£5,094£18,510£12,0853.7500105
31/03/22£33,310£38,809£-5,499£4,568£17,292£13,5534.251869
31/03/21£49,434£46,951£2,483£5,071£21,637£13,4013.466080
31/03/20£60,186£61,948£-1,762£5,916£19,232£15,1882.9772140
31/03/19£63,027£64,092£-1,065£5,986£20,909£15,93637401,115
31/03/18£73,545£75,747£-2,202£4,592£22,137£15,4502.47300
31/03/17£78,430£75,647£2,783£6,074£24,286£18,2902.97990
31/03/16£81,232£73,350£7,882£7,213£21,629£15,3832.57200
31/03/15£77,012£73,482£3,530£9,034£18,691£12,7312.17120
31/03/14£68,713£68,227£486£9,040£15,161£9,0741.66040
31/03/13£57,080£59,419£-2,339£8,802£14,675£8,7751.87170
31/03/12£55,981£54,321£1,660£6,181£17,009£4500.17230
31/03/11£54,675£53,846£829£5,645£15,341£9,09427970
31/03/10£53,009£49,376£3,633£4,770£14,505£8,7902.17370
31/03/09£49,529£48,509£1,020£4,466£10,819£6,5261.62470
31/03/08£43,099£43,673£-574£4,862£9,715£6,9361.97550
31/03/07£40,205£40,137£68£4,304£9,874£7,0022.17800
31/03/06£38,954£37,354£1,600£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£33,801£32,992£809£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£32,600£32,533£67£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 12.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 65%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 4.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 500 employees
  • 105 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - VSO
£10,000 21/10/2022
to support overseas volunteers
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Voluntary Service Overseas
£100 03/11/2021
General charitable donation From W Scott
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Voluntary Services Overseas
£10,000 22/10/2021
Towards UK volunteers who support people living overseas and in poverty or other challenging circumstances.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Voluntary Service Overseas
£100 05/11/2020
General charitable donation From W Scott
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - VSO
£10,000 30/09/2020
Working to increase social mobility through training courses, better facilities or parenting support
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 VSO
£10,000 25/10/2019
Working to increase social mobility through training courses, better facilities or parenting support
National Lottery Community Fund - Resilient livelihood disability inclusion co design project
£49,730 08/08/2018
9
Resilient livelihood disability inclusion co design project
Comic Relief - Unlocking Talent Through Technology, Malawi
£417,543 13/05/2016
24
This work aims to improve children's literacy and numeracy skills in Standard 1&2 - the infant years of primary school in Malawi. Using ipads and specially developed software children are taken ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving health of HIV+ prisoners in Zimbabwe
£510,455 01/06/2015
36
Improving health of HIV+ prisoners in Zimbabwe
Comic Relief - Amplifying the voices of people affected by HIV in Zimbabwe
£779,883 27/05/2015
36
HIV remains a critical health threat in Zimbabwe where 1.4 million adults and 170,000 children under 14 live with HIV. Progressio and four Zimbabwean partners will extend a successful project to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - TALK Adolescents: Training and Local Knowledge
£499,937 21/03/2015
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving health of HIV+ prisoners in Zimbabwe
£10,000 25/01/2015
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - TALK Adolescents: Training and Local Knowledge
£10,000 25/06/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Overcoming Poverty Through Innovative livelihood Opportunities
£499,993 19/03/2014
60
Overcoming Poverty Through Innovative livelihood Opportunities
National Lottery Community Fund - Overcoming Poverty Through Innovative livelihood Opportunities
£10,000 20/06/2013
12
This project, based in the Bagerhat and Satkhira districts of the South West region of Bangladesh, aims to improve household income and reduce poor people's vulnerability to the impact of climate ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Addressing HIV & AIDS in the Beira Corridor (ABC)
£499,857 25/10/2012
36
This project aims to improve quality of life of people living with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS in two provinces of Mozambique. Beneficiaries will include people with disabilities, female sex workers, ....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: 44-65
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/02/1962, number: 313757
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/09/1961, number: 00703509
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE RAYMOND COLMAN CHARITABLE TRUST on 14/05/2021
Main office

RUSSELL COOKE SOLICITORS
2 PUTNEY HILL
LONDON
SW15 6AB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:4.1 ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO AID IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD;4.2 PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADVANCING EDUCATION OR RELIEVING POVERTY IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD; AND4.3 PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR;AND FOR THOSE PURPOSES ONLY:4.3.1 TO SEND VOLUNTEERS TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO SHARE AND DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING AND TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH OTHERS ON RETURN;4.3.2 TO UNDERTAKE OR ASSIST IN WORKS AND PROJECTS OF ALL KINDS; AND4.3.3 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE NATURE, CAUSES, AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY AND LIMITED EDUCATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES, TO CONDUCT AND PURSUE RESEARCH CONCERNING THESE MATTERS AND TO PUBLISH OR OTHERWISE MAKE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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