Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD 

The role of Hull CVS is to support the sustainable development of voluntary and communtiy groups and volunteering in Hull and its neighbourhood. To this end it brings organisations together to share information and good practice; promotes the value of the voluntary sector and of volunteering; supports the development of new groups; provides services to organisations; provides representation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £104,235

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*£2,735£2,491£244£0£1,279£1,2576.15984
31/03/22£2,092£2,016£77£0£930£9155.46986
31/03/21£2,106£2,006£99£0£853£7814.76528
31/03/20£1,908£1,809£98£0£754£7234.82288
31/03/19£1,680£1,607£73£0£656£6164.62087
31/03/18£1,692£1,556£136£946£583£5484.2190
31/03/17£2,001£1,920£81£1,091£411£3732.3200
31/03/16£2,443£2,184£260£0£529£5132.8200
31/03/15£2,491£2,397£95£10£413£3171.6230
31/03/14*£849£1,090£-241£11£417£3443.8170
31/03/13*£540£764£-224£13£657£6319.9210
31/03/12£1,347£1,393£-46£94£513£5024.31070
31/03/11£2,104£1,995£109£91£614£6093.7940
31/03/10£1,427£1,446£-19£83£505£4984.1240
31/03/09£1,619£1,597£22£82£501£4943.7220
31/03/08£1,589£1,514£76£82£480£4573.6290
31/03/07*£1,476£1,445£31£81£404£3963.3230
31/03/06£1,527£1,483£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,448£1,409£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,286£1,230£56£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 6.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 41 years
(42 years as a company)

www.hullcvs.org.uk

hgrimwood@hull-cvs.co.uk

01482 324474

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • 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 buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Doncaster, East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kingston Upon Hull City, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 59 employees
  • 84 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteering Resilience
£10,000 13/10/2020
6
The funding will be used to strengthen the capacity of volunteering in Hull by creating a brochure of opportunities that will be circulated on a monthly basis. This will be largely targeted to the ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 24/07/2017
Family Support Service
National Lottery Community Fund - S.W.I.T.C.H. (Support with interventions to counter homelessness)
£500,000 13/01/2016
48
The aim of this new project is to encourage homeless clients to feel in control of their recovery whilst they are supported by a volunteer support worker (befriender) to access a broad range of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Platform Play
£10,000 11/06/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Support Project (VSP)
£490,430 11/02/2010
60
This is the continuation and expansion of an existing project based in Hull that originally began in 2002. The project aims to improve people's quality of life, improve their health and well-being, ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-71
  • VICKY SCARBOROUGH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Associate Director Partnerships And Development
  • JONATHAN SLATER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Policy Adviser/Strategic Development Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/10/1983, number: 514311
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/06/1981, number: 01570120
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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; AR23: 28 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR13: 44 days late, AR07: 6 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Hull Community & Voluntary Services
Ltd
75 Beverley Road
HULL
HU3 1XL

Objectives

a) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WITHIN BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THE CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL (HEREIN CALLED “THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.b) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF KINGSTON UPON HULL AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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