Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 9
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

VOLUNTARY ACTION STRATFORD ON AVON DISTRICT

The charity's object and principle activity is to promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the Stratford-on-Avon District; in particular, the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£304£304£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£230£245£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£280£249£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£247£193£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£317£315£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£260£363£-104n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£217£291£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£186£186£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£190£179£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£223£214£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£244£253£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£298£269£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£317£395£-79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£380£383£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£354£351£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£301£364£-63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£531£588£-57£4£329£1863.8190
31/03/06£323£375£-52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£331£277£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£222£190£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

www.vasa.org.uk

hello@vasa.org.uk

01789262889

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Warwickshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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 donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£247,213
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Co-Operative Group£3,497
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 13/10/2023
Connecting Communities
National Lottery Community Fund - VASA Making the most of volunteers and others
£230,644 29/06/2023
This funding will be used to employ two new members of staff to support the organisation's variety of services. The project aims to increase wellbeing and bring people together.
National Lottery Community Fund - VASA Memory Cafes
£7,500 16/09/2022
The funding will be used to deliver respite to carers of people experiencing dementia with a memory café. The project will ensure carers can relax in the knowledge that the person they care for is being looked after in a safe and engaging ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Voluntary Action Stratford on Avon District - 25/08/22
£2,500 13/09/2022
Core Funding
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Studley Dementia Garden
£3,497 24/10/2020
We will provide somewhere inclusive for people living with dementia to meet and explore nature in a safe and friendly environment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Combating loneliness in Stratford upon Avon
£9,069 23/03/2020
11
The funding will be used to run a localised lunch club for older people and memory club for people living with dementia. The project aims to build social relationships and reduce loneliness.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Studley Dementia Allotment Project
£4,685 15/11/2019
We want to install some solid walkways for wheelchair access between our raised beds and around our summer house.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 08/05/2019
VASA - core funding
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Carer Respite Day Services
£8,297 20/12/2017
12
additional groups that address the need of carer respite
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Voluntary Action Stratford on Avon District (VASA)
£3,379 29/11/2017
Help fund a volunteer-led community transport scheme to help alleviate loneliness and isolation for vulnerable residents.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Voluntary Action Stratford on Avon District (VASA)
£3,732 04/08/2017
We need IT database software and hardware to expand a scheme that helps alleviate loneliness and isolation in the community.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 62-85
  • CHARLES GOODY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • DAVID ROACHE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • IAN PROSSER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • KAZIMIERZ AUKSTOLIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • MICHAEL WELLS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Businessman
  • TREVOR RUSSEL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/01/1998, number: 1067584
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/12/1997, number: 03482562
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
  • 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; AR23: 50 days late, AR17: 29 days late,
Main office

3 Arden Court
Arden Street
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Warwickshire
CV37 6NT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY , DISTRESS AND SICKNESS, AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE SAID PURPOSES, BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE, TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SAME AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

STRATFORD ON AVON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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