Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 11

Good trustee age range: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 14

VOLUNTEER CENTRE KENSINGTON & CHELSEA

The Volunteer Centre aims to support and facilitate the development of quality community services through the promotion of voluntary action throughout Kensington and Chelsea. -Raising the profile and impact of volunteering-Provision of volunteer recruitment programmes-Provision of volunteer advice, information and support service-Promotion of good practice in the deployment of volunteers

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

Established: 25 years

www.voluntarywork.org.uk

Michael.Ashe@vckc.org.uk

02089603722

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£534	£483	£51	£0	£271	£251	6.2	9	160
31/03/22		£492	£507	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/03/21		£544	£496	£48	£0	£235	£234	5.7	12	17
31/03/20		£532	£501	£30	£0	£187	£177	4.2	12	66
31/03/19		£358	£485	£-127	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18		£566	£443	£123	£0	£284	£177	4.8	9	0
31/03/17	*	£428	£413	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£421	£367	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£318	£344	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£325	£386	£-61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£416	£387	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£412	£352	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£345	£353	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£410	£421	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£407	£392	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£388	£435	£-47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£422	£530	£-109	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£748	£728	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£629	£526	£103	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£475	£428	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 6.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 5.6

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Kensington And Chelsea,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

9 employees
160 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

Henry Smith Charity	£157,100
City Bridge Trust	£127,214
Charles Hayward Foundation	£10,000
Tudor Trust	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Volunteer Centre, Kensington and Chelsea
£10,000	30/03/2022	InsideOut project for ex-offenders
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Volunteer Centre Kensington and Chelsea
£157,100	07/12/2021 36	towards three years' running costs of the 'InsideOut' project, supporting older offenders and ex-offenders throughout London.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea
£2,000	28/01/2021	as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea
£22,714	11/09/2020	towards the costs of adapting local volunteering opportunities in RB Kensington & Chelsea as outlined in your application
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea
£11,500	09/04/2020	A one-off, unrestricted grant of £11,500, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant’
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea
£93,000	26/09/2019 24	£93,000 over two years (£46,000, £47,000) for the FT salary of the Resettlement Worker and project running costs for ‘Inside Out’.
Greater London Authority - Grant to Volunteer Centre Kensington and Chelsea
£10,000	01/03/2019	Voice in Volunteering This project will support volunteers aged 16-20 over the course of a year to develop skills, knowledge in the fields of communications, media, and the arts. Young people will ....more Voice in Volunteering This project will support volunteers aged 16-20 over the course of a year to develop skills, knowledge in the fields of communications, media, and the arts. Young people will help deliver the VC's communications strategy, ensuring young people have a voice in volunteering whilst creating links within the media industry and sharing their media knowledge with older volunteers to promote digital inclusion.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteering is for Everyone
£10,000	07/02/2019 12	The project will design and deliver a programme of celebratory events for volunteers and volunteer-involving organisations involved in the Grenfell Tower actions and other local support services. The ....more The project will design and deliver a programme of celebratory events for volunteers and volunteer-involving organisations involved in the Grenfell Tower actions and other local support services. The aim is to strengthen relationships and raise awareness of the voluntary services.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea
£90,000	05/10/2018 36	over three years towards the salary and running costs of a project supporting people with disabilities and mental health issues into volunteering opportunities in the London Borough of Kensington and ....more over three years towards the salary and running costs of a project supporting people with disabilities and mental health issues into volunteering opportunities in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea _x000D_
Tudor Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea
£5,000	19/07/2017 12	development grant for the Volunteer Centre to support organisations, in North Kensington that have received funding through the London Funders Community Core Costs Fund, with good practice around ....more development grant for the Volunteer Centre to support organisations, in North Kensington that have received funding through the London Funders Community Core Costs Fund, with good practice around volunteering
Greater London Authority - Grant to Volunteer Centre Kensington and Chelsea
£5,000	01/09/2015	Increase group volunteering and supporting skills based volunteering
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea
£125,000	13/05/2015 36	£125,000 over three years (£41,000; £43,350; £40,650) for a part-time Resettlement Worker plus a contribution to the running costs of "Inside Out"
Tudor Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea
£55,000	18/11/2014 24	over two years as continuation funding towards the running costs of the Inside Out project which supports offenders into volunteering in West London
National Lottery Community Fund - KC (interim name)
£10,000	25/06/2014 12	Not Available

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 25-61

ANNE-HELENE BIOSSE DUPLAN (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Management Consultant

BASHIR HASSAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

JENNIFER CLARKE Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Homemaker

JOSEPH CARIM Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Consultant

MICHAEL ALAN PEARSON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Consultant

MUSKAAN KHURANA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Community Development Manager

MARIA-IULIANA DINU Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Communications And Engagement Manager

NKECHI MARY-VIOLA OBI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Communications And Engagement Manager

ROSSANA ROCCHINI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE SPIRES CENTRE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/07/1999, number: 1076392
Registered at Companies House on 03/03/1999, number: 03725459

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR15: 33 days late,

Main office

1 THORPE CLOSE
LONDON
W10 5XL

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE THE VALUE AND IMPACT THAT VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CAN HAVE ON RESPONDING TO AND SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION, AND TO UNDERTAKE AND ARRANGE VOLUNTARY WORK IN EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES AND SIMILAR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE IN NEED THEREOF IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA AND OTHER PARTS OF LONDON IN GENERAL ( HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT)

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

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