Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

VOLUNTEER CENTRE GREENWICH 

Volunteer Centre Greenwich exists to promote the value of volunteering in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and ensure equality of access to volunteering for all people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 24 years

www.vcgreenwich.org.uk

info@volunteersgreenwich.co.uk

02083173817

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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
30/09/22£390£367£23n/an/an/an/an/a61
30/09/21£321£290£31n/an/an/an/an/a83
30/09/20£244£233£11n/an/an/an/an/a103
30/09/19£229£220£9n/an/an/an/an/a47
30/09/18?£312£340£-27£0£0£0n/a046
31/03/17£229£224£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£216£277£-61£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£370£401£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£336£355£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£379£376£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£451£396£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£427£394£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£462£466£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£480£487£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£476£475£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£586£674£-87£41£49£20140
31/03/06£719£671£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£472£424£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£388£396£-8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 61 volunteers
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
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Greenwich,

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£150,500
National Lottery Community Fund£102,123
DCMS£38,779
The London Community Foundation£21,005
City Bridge Trust£14,650
Greater London Authority£9,693
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Working Together, Building Community Resilience in Royal Greenwich
£5,000 08/09/2023
A project that supports the partnership between Royal Greenwich and the voluntary, community and faith sector in Greenwich, to provide a cohesive approach to emergency planning. This will ensure ....more
Greater London Authority - Working Together, Building Community Resilience in Royal Greenwich
£4,693 28/02/2023
Working Together, Building Community Resilience in Royal Greenwich A project that supports the partnership between Royal Greenwich and the voluntary, community and faith sector in Greenwich, to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Volunteer Centre Greenwich (VCG)
£150,500 09/06/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the 'Supported Volunteering Project', providing volunteering support and training for individuals with a learning disability in the London Borough of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Emotional Support & Well-Being Service
£102,123 07/06/2021
The group is using funding to continue supporting local beneficiaries in Greenwich through an emotional and wellbeing service to deal with the impact of prolonged isolation employment debt and ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Volunteer Centre Greenwich
£10,000 18/02/2021
3
To continue to deliver our Emotional and Well-Being service, providing emotional support and pathways to meet the changing needs of vulnerable residents in Greenwich. This funding will enable the ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£38,779 05/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Volunteer Centre Greenwich
£11,005 22/04/2020
We are looking to expand our transitioned befriending service to meet current demands. The funding would enable us to rapidly recruit, train and supervise additional volunteers. These volunteers will ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Greenwich
£14,650 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £14,650, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - 3 R's of Volunteering
£9,567 27/02/2019
12
The project will deliver an outreach event for the volunteer centre. The aim is to raise awareness on volunteering opportunities in the local community.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Greenwich
£255,600 07/09/2018
60
£255,600 over five years (£63,000; £58,000; £50,000; £45,200; £38,300) towards the salaries of the CEO and Volunteering and Operations Manager and associated costs to support the future ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Volunteer Centre Greenwich (VCG)
£124,300 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Supported Volunteering Project' providing volunteering support and training to individuals with a learning disability in the London Borough of Greenwich
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Greenwich
£41,700 08/11/2016
£41,700 over 18 months to cover £31,250 towards the salaries of the two VCG staff members, the Project Manager and the Project Coordinator. £10,450 of the grant will be used for recruitment costs ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Volunteer Centre Greenwich
£106,000 28/01/2016
£106,000 over 2 years (£52,500; £53,500) for the salaries of a 2dpw Volunteer Services Manager; a 3dpw Membership Services Officer; and associated running costs of a project increasing the number ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Enhanced Volunteering Project
£207,610 12/05/2010
36
This project is a continuation of a pilot project aims to increase the employability of disadvantaged local people in the London Borough of Greenwich through the provision of enhanced volunteering, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-77
  • SARAH JOSEPH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Research Scientist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/06/2000, number: 1081369
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/08/1999, number: 03832423
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Equitable House
1st Floor
7 General Gordon Square
London
SE18 6FH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROTECT HEALTH, RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) ADVISING AND SUPPORTING PERSONS WILLING TO VOLUNTEER (B) PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT (C) PROVIDING CENTRES (D) ADVISING AND SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS WHICH INVOLVE AND ARE WILLING TO INVOLVE VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND IN PARTICULAR THE LONDON BOROUGHS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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