Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

MARITIME VOLUNTEER SERVICE

The charity (MVS) trains its members in maritime, engineering, operations and communications skills.The MVS has a policy of positive social inclusion and around 30% of members are from the disadvantaged sectors of society.MVS members use their skills to support local and national authorities in times of major events, emergencies both real and exercised and in civil resilience.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly 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

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	*	£227	£215	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£187	£147	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	400
31/03/21		£117	£113	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	400
31/03/20		£139	£154	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	350
31/03/19		£146	£155	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	360
31/03/18	*	£152	£153	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£167	£153	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£170	£160	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£157	£134	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£157	£172	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£171	£188	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£172	£162	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£109	£142	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£211	£182	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£194	£204	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£161	£173	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£180	£201	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£189	£196	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£169	£162	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£103	£164	£-61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

www.mvs.org.uk

hq@mvs.org.uk

01925 563620

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to MVS Bristol
£5,000	07/06/2022	Instructor Training and Team Equipment to establish MVS Bristol Flood Rescue Capability: ‘Flood Water Responder’, ‘Flood and Swiftwater’ Instructor’s courses, Instructor’s Kits, ....more Instructor Training and Team Equipment to establish MVS Bristol Flood Rescue Capability: ‘Flood Water Responder’, ‘Flood and Swiftwater’ Instructor’s courses, Instructor’s Kits, Responder’s Kits, Responder’s Rescue Boats Control room equipment
National Lottery Community Fund - Maritime Volunteer Service E Sussex Branch
£10,000	20/08/2021	The funding will provide the opportunity for the organisation to continue delivering training and support sessions for young people in maritime skills and sea experience. The project aims to bring ....more The funding will provide the opportunity for the organisation to continue delivering training and support sessions for young people in maritime skills and sea experience. The project aims to bring people together and learn new skills enabling young people to reach their potential and learning key skills in the process.
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Peoples Training Programme
£10,000	24/01/2020 9	The funding will be used to support running costs for the organisation, which trains people, especially young people, in maritime skills and provides sea experience for them. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used to support running costs for the organisation, which trains people, especially young people, in maritime skills and provides sea experience for them. The project aims to continue delivery of training and experiences for young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - MVS Youth Training programme
£9,980	26/03/2018 12	The project will develop and expand their services by training young people in maritime skills and providing sea experience as part of their in house training scheme. This will help them to build ....more The project will develop and expand their services by training young people in maritime skills and providing sea experience as part of their in house training scheme. This will help them to build both life and social skills for young people who are not in education, employment, or training.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Maritime Volunteer Service
£46,400	08/08/2016	Tom Sherrin

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-86

ALEXANDER NUNNS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Manager

ANGELA CARRINGTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

DAVID EDWARD DOBSON Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Small Businessman Lpg Caravans

DR DAVID HUGHES, Occupation: Journalist

DR MARK DUSTIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

ELIZABETH GLARE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Teacher/Lecturer/Examiner/Invigilator

GRAHAM MICHAEL HEDLEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chartered Secretary

JOHN SPENCER BARNES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Radio Journalist

JORDAN MICHAEL DAVID MEADE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Policy Adviser, Other trusteeship: GRAVESHAM STREET PASTORS,

LESLIE EDWARD MILLER Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Manager

NICHOLAS CHARLES EDWARD SPENCER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: BARMBY MOOR VILLAGE HALL,

ROBERT JOHN SYMONS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/08/1995, number: 1048454
Registered at Companies House on 20/12/1994, number: 03003565

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 145 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 26 days late, AR11: 17 days late, AR09: 20 days late, AR08: 117 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Maritime Volunteer Service
Dallam Court
Dallam Lane
Warrington
Cheshire
WA2 7LT

Objectives

(A) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENT.(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF MARITIME AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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