Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL 

Practical support to voluntary and community organisations, laison and advocacy, community engagement, development, standard setting, strategic partnership working and fund management.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 23 years

www.mvsc.co.uk

info@mertonconnected.co.uk

02086851771

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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*£1,457£1,478£-21£0£1,030£3402.82213
31/03/22£1,419£1,501£-82£0£1,051£2431.91827
31/03/21£1,483£1,310£173£0£1,102£1421.31827
31/03/20£1,579£780£799£0£932£520.81427
31/03/19£817£644£172£0£132£120.21150
31/03/18£779£875£-96£0£-47£-82-1.1150
31/03/17£814£859£-46£0£47£-17-0.2140
31/03/16£850£884£-34£5£96£30150
31/03/15£1,120£1,101£20£6£273£2372.6140
31/03/14£878£869£9£9£253£1912.6100
31/03/13£906£872£34£8£244£2413.380
31/03/12£491£484£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£626£612£14£7£203£1943.8100
31/03/10£550£584£-35£7£189£1783.7110
31/03/09£914£929£-16£30£224£2092.7110
31/03/08£893£914£-21£29£240£2122.8110
31/03/07£1,033£1,087£-55£28£260£2052.3110
31/03/06£1,283£1,218£65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,066£1,052£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£955£823£132£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 37%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 33%
Reserves/Spending: 2.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 22 employees
  • 13 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Merton,

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
The Wimbledon Foundation - Step up project
£20,500 19/05/2021
Merton Connected will build on their capacity building work to launch a pilot quality mark for small charities called the Merton Step-up project. The groups will be supported with their ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Merton Voluntary Service Council
£122,000 30/10/2019
24
£122,000 over two further and final years (£64,000; £58,000) towards the salaries of the Head of Development (0.8FTE) and CEO (0.2FTE); project costs and overheads; and fees for an ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Merton Voluntary Service Council
£285,000 30/10/2019
£285,000 over 5 years (£57,000; £52,000; £54,000; £60,000: £62,000) towards 0.6 FTE salary costs of a Business Development Manager, running costs, marketing, communications and overheads.
Trust for London - Merton Voluntary Service Council - CVS
£54,000 21/02/2018
24
The funding is to engage a part-time worker to build the capacity, knowledge and practice of local BAME organisations and to strengthen their ability to influence and campaign for good quality and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 09/10/2017
Fayre and Square
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Merton Voluntary Service Council
£160,000 18/03/2016
36
£160,000 over 3 years (£51,400; £53,400; £55,200) towards the salaries of the Head of Development and the Chief Executive, along with evaluation workshop costs and associated overheads.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/03/2001, number: 1085867
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/02/2001, number: 04164949
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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: 7 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SUTTON AND MERTON CCGS CHARITABLE FUNDS on 30/03/2020
Main office

MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL
VESTRY HALL
LONDON ROAD
MITCHAM
CR4 3ND

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND, IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS 2. TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE. 3. TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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