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Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

THE VOLUNTARY NETWORK 

a) to provide, maintain and develop Community Transport services, supporting those who are facing transport povertyb) to provide, maintain and develop a Befriending Servicec) to support the development and establishment of any further projects for which need is identified.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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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*£596£832£-236£0£161£1612.327295
31/03/22*£802£766£36£1£396£3966.220268
31/03/21*£605£616£-11£3£360£360729250
31/03/20£861£724£137£4£371£3716.225225
31/03/19*£634£672£-38£7£234£2344.218200
31/03/18*£667£692£-25£1£272£2724.7180
31/03/17£696£632£64£0£297£350.7180
31/03/16£529£487£42£0£233£320.8180
31/03/15£496£452£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£433£406£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£356£378£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£277£306£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£254£265£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£241£233£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£188£223£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£200£188£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£199£152£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£214£168£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£239£225£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£171£240£-69£0£0£0n/a00
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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: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 24 years

www.thevoluntarynetwork.org

info@thevoluntarynetwork.org

01638608022

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Transportation and storage activities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 27 employees
  • 295 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
Suffolk Community Foundation£41,388
Department for Transport£12,181
National Lottery Community Fund£9,550
Co-Operative Group£1,901
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Voluntary Network
£1,901 22/10/2022
We would like to recruit and match volunteers with those needing support as part of The Befriending Service. The service provides friendship and support to older people experiencing loneliness.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Car Service - Kickstart
£9,550 21/05/2021
The funding will be used to re-introduce a community car service volunteer drivers using their own vehicles to enable those who would otherwise be isolated to attend medical appointments.The project ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Befriending Service
£7,603 12/02/2021
1
Towards their Befriending Service supporting older people.
Department for Transport - Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
£6,175 01/04/2020
The Local Authority Bus Subsidy Ring-Fenced (Revenue) Grant is paid by the Department for Transport to local authorities in place of the Bus Services Operators Grant previously paid to bus operators ....more
Department for Transport - Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
£6,006 01/04/2020
The Local Authority Bus Subsidy Ring-Fenced (Revenue) Grant is paid by the Department for Transport to local authorities in place of the Bus Services Operators Grant previously paid to bus operators ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Befriending Service - Connecting and Supporting
£33,785 11/10/2019
16
To support the befriending service - Connecting and Supporting.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/09/2000, number: 1082478
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/03/2000, number: 03954998
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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: 54 days late, AR22: 59 days late, AR21: 10 days late, AR19: 34 days late, AR18: 9 days late, AR12: 9 days late, AR07: 9 days late, AR06: 17 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 30 days late,
Main office

THE RACING CENTRE
FRED ARCHER WAY
NEWMARKET
SUFFOLK
CB8 8NT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND DEVELOP THE WORK OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE DISTRICT OF FOREST HEATH AND ADJACENT PARISHES IN EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE FOR ALL OR ANY PURPOSES DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS SICKNESS, SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT SO AS NOT TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:-(A) TO MAINTAIN A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS FORUM PROVIDING THE MEANS WHERE LOCAL VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WILL FIND MUTUAL SUPPORT, AND WILL SHARE COMMON ISSUES, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES BY:(I) INVOLVING THOSE ORGANISATIONS IN THE CREATION OF A COLLECTIVE VOICE FOR THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELDS OF PLANNING AND NEGOTIATION.(II) CO-ORDINATION OF RESEARCH AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS, AND ENCOURAGING AN CO-ORDINATED RESPONSE; AND WITH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES OR DEVELOPMENT OR LIAISON WITH OTHER BODIES(B) TO MAINTAIN A VOLUNTEER BUREAU TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING IN THE AREA AND:(I) TO HELP AND ADVISE PEOPLE THINKING OF VOLUNTEERING ABOUT THE WORK OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND ASSIST THEM TO FIND SUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES.(II) TO RECRUIT, ASSESS AND PLACE VOLUNTEERS IN VOLUNTARY TASKS AND TO PROVIDE CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR THEM IN THEIR ENDEAVOURS(C) TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT PARTNERSHIP.(D) TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY FURTHER PROJECTS FOR WHICH NEED IS IDENTIFIED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

FOREST HEATH AND EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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