Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICE BEDFORDSHIRE

Community Voluntary Service (CVS) is a voluntary and community sector support organisation, offering a range of services, enabling local organisations and communities to make a difference.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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	£444	£452	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22	£433	£431	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21	£336	£302	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20	£346	£397	£-50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19	£432	£397	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/18	£371	£395	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£497	£504	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£461	£442	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£366	£379	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£517	£807	£-289	£14	£398	£341	5.1	16	0
31/03/13	£977	£637	£340	£13	£687	£380	7.2	15	0
31/03/12	£469	£490	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£450	£463	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£450	£393	£57	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£417	£325	£92	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£332	£360	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£253	£231	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£80	£75	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£64	£58	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£37	£50	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 22 years

www.cvsbeds.org.uk

info@cvsbeds.org.uk

01234354366

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Service
£66,600	05/01/2023	Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Service
Harpur Trust - Grant to Community and Voluntary Service Bedfordshire
£45,000	09/12/2021	Service Level Agreement 2022-2023
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Service
£69,982	22/12/2020	Grant to Community Voluntary Service Bedfordshire
Harpur Trust - Community Voluntary Service
£45,000	08/12/2020	Service Level Agreement 2021-22
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Community Voluntary Service Bedfordshire
£39,112	30/01/2020 11	Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Service
Harpur Trust - Community and Voluntary Service Bedfordshire
£45,000	03/12/2019 12	CVS Service Level Agreement 2020/21
National Lottery Community Fund - BLT/GPI Kingsbrook and Cauldwell
£10,000	11/03/2011 12	The money will support a range of community involvement activities to better prepare this Big Local Trust neighbourhood for when the Trust becomes operational.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-68

DR HILDE HENDRICKX Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Global Sustainability Senior Manager

ANN NEVINSON Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Independent Consultant

ADRIAN PAUL SPURRELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant

MRS PAT OLNEY (Chair), Other trusteeship: OAKLEY RURAL DAY CARE CENTRE,

MATTHEW JAMES YOUNG Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Grant Director

MR BIPIN SHAH, Occupation: Process Operator, Other trusteeships: BEDFORD THEATRE TRUST LIMITED, BEDFORD PLAYERS TRUST, BEDFORD COUNCIL OF FAITHS, 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION TRUST, PROJECT 229,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/03/2002, number: 1091423
Registered at Companies House on 30/10/2001, number: 04312967

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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; all on time

Main office

CVS
43 BROMHAM ROAD
BEDFORD
MK40 2AA

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN BEDFORDSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO CHARITIES OR FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES, IN: THE FORMULATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING OR OTHER ASSISTANCE, THE IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL FUNDERS OR PARTNERS, INFORMATION ABOUT SOURCES OF FUNDING OR COLLABORATORS AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BEDFORDSHIRE

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