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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    VOLUNTARY ACTION LEWISHAM (THE LEWISHAM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE) 

    UN SDGs
    ?

    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
    01/04/21*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    01/04/20£213£411£-198n/an/an/an/an/a6
    31/03/19£344£386£-41n/an/an/an/an/a6
    31/03/18£323£344£-21£0£0£0n/a05
    31/03/17£329£328£1£0£0£0n/a010
    31/03/16£327£324£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£660£759£-98£12£280£1963.1160
    31/03/14£671£701£-30£5£379£2454.2160
    31/03/13£531£569£-39£7£409£2986.3130
    31/03/12*£545£568£-23£5£447£2936.2120
    31/03/11£663£648£15£8£470£2674.9130
    31/03/10£705£635£70£10£455£2114130
    31/03/09£746£690£56£24£386£1753130
    31/03/08£917£831£85£9£330£1862.7200
    31/03/07£822£861£-39£11£244£1622.3180
    31/03/06£1,142£1,083£59£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£739£727£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£792£766£27£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Lewisham,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Voluntary Action Lewisham
    £100,000 31/01/2019
    24
    £100,000 over two years (2 x £50,000) for the salary of a part-time Development Officer and related costs to continue the project improving the evaluation and marketing skills of small ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Voluntary Action Lewisham
    £9,900 04/04/2017
    Refuge-Resistance-Response: 50 years of social action in Lewisham
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Voluntary Action Lewisham
    £150,000 16/07/2014
    36
    £150,000 over three years (3 x £50,000) for the salary of a part-time Development Officer and the operational/delivery costs of a project to improve the evaluation and marketing skills in small ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales, number: 1085026
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    18 returns made; AR21: 2 days late, AR12: 23 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    (A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM AND ITS ENVIRONS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; THE FURTHERANCE EOF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS. (B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    LEWISHAM AND ITS ENVIRONS

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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