Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE 

Sefton CVS promotes voluntary,community and faith activity in the borough of Sefton and surrounding areas by means of providing services to and support for voluntary, community and faith organisations.CVS acts as the principal coordinating and umbrella infrastructure organisation and is a conduit between voluntary sector organisations, through networks and joint working, and the statutory sector.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 31 years

www.seftoncvs.org.uk

mail@seftoncvs.org.uk

01519200726

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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£4,494£4,718£-224£7£1,812£7611.994120
31/03/22£4,686£4,222£465£11£2,085£7652.294104
31/03/21£4,144£3,688£456£6£1,603£7382.496160
31/03/20£3,349£3,446£-97£8£1,010£5551.997150
31/03/19£2,519£2,684£-165£8£1,121£6432.978239
31/03/18£2,419£2,767£-348£0£1,244£3941.7800
31/03/17£1,954£2,050£-95£0£1,555£5873.4770
31/03/16£2,254£2,328£-75£0£1,581£6403.3690
31/03/15£2,761£2,815£-54£16£1,649£6852.9630
31/03/14£2,742£2,819£-78£18£1,702£7143620
31/03/13£3,169£3,214£-45£17£1,780£6942.6640
31/03/12£2,997£3,044£-47£19£1,825£7593820
31/03/11£5,696£5,686£10£20£1,872£7071.51330
31/03/10£4,041£3,636£405£23£1,862£7082.3820
31/03/09£3,619£3,705£-86£23£1,457£7142.3760
31/03/08£4,833£4,352£481£27£1,543£6891.9920
31/03/07£4,202£4,426£-225£21£1,062£6541.8780
31/03/06£7,700£7,358£343£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£6,388£6,402£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£6,243£6,350£-106£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 42%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Sefton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 94 employees
  • 120 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£563,975
National Lottery Heritage Fund£267,246
BBC Children in Need£45,000
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£14,746
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Buddy Up+
£4,993 26/09/2023
To provide social clubs to 18-25 year olds with SEND. The groups provide peer support and activities.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sefton Council for Voluntary Service
£45,000 28/08/2023
This project grant will support delivery of two weekly clubs for young people in Sefton with special educational needs. It will enable them to spend time with peers and develop friendships, ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sefton Council for Voluntary Service
£177,246 16/03/2023
Hearts of Gold – Celebrating Sefton at 50
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Sefton CVS Ukraine Support Initiative
£7,753 23/01/2023
To provide support to Ukrainian refugees moving into independent accommodation through social connectivity, access to IT, support in the health and social care system, and improving their English ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Merseyside Offender Mentoring Project
£2,000 04/01/2023
To purchase resources to support mentees leaving prison, this includes birth certificates, passports, phones, access to internet, clothing for interviews, home essentials, support with utility bills, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Strand By Me Development Project
£10,000 10/06/2022
The funding will be used to provide support including healthcare information signposting and welfare advice for the community. The project aims to enhance a vital community hub to improve the ....more
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Sefton Council for Voluntary Service
£5,000 28/04/2022
Towards Buddy Up Plus Support Officer's Salary and running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Merseyside Offender Mentoring Service ( SCVS )
£468,460 22/02/2021
The organisation aims to promote and assist voluntary community and faith sector activity across Sefton. Funding will go towards the continuation of the offender mentoring project which offers ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sefton CVS CV19
£85,515 11/06/2020
9
The organisation provides expertise and support to help voluntary community faith and not-for-profit organisations to start grow build resilience establish enterprise and have a visible and valued ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sefton CVS
£90,000 18/12/2019
Community within communities - Our voices to be heard
National Lottery Community Fund - Sefton Council for Voluntary Services
£289,506 25/03/2019
59
Funding for the charity will go towards a project set up to support offenders inside and on release from prison. The aim of the project is to offer a bespoke mentoring programme to offenders.
National Lottery Community Fund - Maghull Together
£83,400 18/02/2019
36
Maghull Together
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sefton CVS
£119,532 23/10/2018
36
This project will deliver a 'Buddy up' programme of workshops and development days for children and young people with learning difficulties. This will lead to reduced social isolation, increased ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Sefton Social Investment Development Project
£51,500 24/05/2018
12
Explore and test local social investment models that increase community resilience through prevention and early intervention.
National Lottery Community Fund - Liv/2/1 - Include-IT Mersey
£703,366 03/02/2017
37
The funding will be used to support 750 people are experiencing digital exclusion in Liverpool city. The project aims to help people aged 18 and above, with a targeted focus on people aged 45 and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Merseyside Offender Mentoring Service
£421,167 16/06/2016
36
This continuation and expansion of an existing project will support offenders both pre- and post-release, to successfully transition from custody, integrate back into the community and access the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Liv/2/1 - Include-IT Mersey
£50,000 26/04/2016
12
This grant will be used to develop plans for a project that aims to support 750 participants from the Liverpool area with a focus on those aged 45 and over where digital exclusion is a key barrier to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Liverpool City Region Inclusion Partnership
£10,000 03/10/2014
9
Not Available
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sefton Council for Voluntary Service
£26,400 02/09/2014
Play it Forward
National Lottery Community Fund - PILOTING SEAs - Sefton Emotional Achievement Service
£10,000 02/04/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Merseyside Offender Mentoring Project
£297,723 11/02/2013
36
This is a continuation of a project to offer offenders in HMP Liverpool the opportunity to engage with a volunteer mentor to aid resettlement back into the community and reduce reoffending rates. The ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 47-82
  • BRIAN THOMAS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired Accountant
  • MARK SONNE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Business Development Manager
  • ROMILS MATHEW Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Secondary School Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/08/1993, number: 1024546
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/07/1993, number: 02832920
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SEFTON HELPING HAND SERVICES on 08/10/2020
Main office

SEFTON CVS
3RD FLOOR
NORTH WING
BURLINGTON HOUSE
CROSBY ROAD NORTH
WATERLOO

Objectives

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE:1.1.1 TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGH OF SEFTON (AND IN SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME) AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):1.1.1.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;1.1.1.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH; AND1.1.1.3. THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY; AND1.1.1.4. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.1.1.2 TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE COOPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF SEFTON (AND IN SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME).1.1.3 TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF SEFTON AND SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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