Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

HEREFORDSHIRE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS SUPPORT SERVICE

To build the capacity of third sector organisations and provide them with support, information and services including: -Advancement of community health and social care and activities for young people aged 8 to 25. Activities include volunteering services, capacity building, training, networking events and information, interest groups, policy research, Community Wheels and representational work
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£934£970£-37£6£313£2022.523150
31/03/22£591£591£0£12£350£1913.919350
31/03/21£477£466£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£629£662£-33£10£339£1482.720110
31/03/19£674£746£-72£9£372£18332690
31/03/18£661£661£0£8£444£1643220
31/03/17£640£794£-154£6£444£1812.7240
31/03/16£784£747£37£5£598£2333.7240
31/03/15£838£764£74£42£561£651160
31/03/14£756£914£-158£23£487£620.8130
31/03/13£1,193£901£292£20£645£2283150
31/03/12£560£556£4£18£353£1563.4130
31/03/11£732£687£45£17£349£1703120
31/03/10£638£638£0£89£304£1562.9120
31/03/09£619£622£-3£88£304£1492.9130
31/03/08£573£566£8£88£307£1553.3120
31/03/07£659£583£76£82£299£1623.3130
31/03/06£802£776£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£878£854£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£907£910£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 65%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 13.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

www.hvoss.org.uk

will.lindesay@hvoss.org.uk

01432343932

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Herefordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Herefordshire Community Foundation£44,782
Masonic Trust£14,420
National Lottery Community Fund£9,750
BBC Children in Need£2,227
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Laptops for Ukrainians
£1,638 20/04/2023
Grant to hvoss (Herefordshire Voluntary Organisations Support Service)
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Laptops for Afghan families
£644 13/02/2023
Grant to hvoss (Herefordshire Voluntary Organisations Support Service)
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Young Adult Carers
£10,000 21/12/2022
Grant to hvoss (Herefordshire Voluntary Organisations Support Service)
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Young Carers
£10,000 21/12/2022
Grant to hvoss (Herefordshire Voluntary Organisations Support Service)
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Laptops
£3,750 22/09/2022
Grant to hvoss (Herefordshire Voluntary Organisations Support Service)
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Laptops
£3,750 22/09/2022
Grant to hvoss (Herefordshire Voluntary Organisations Support Service)
Masonic Trust - MCF Freemasons COVID-19 Community Fund
£14,420 08/03/2021
Grant to fund groups for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers, offering support accessible online and face-to-face (when restrictions allow) to reduce isolation, provide respite from caring roles and access to information, advocacy and peer support.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Covid 19 Grant to hvoss
£10,000 13/07/2020
Grant to hvoss
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Herefordshire Voluntary Organisations Support Service (hvoss)
£2,227 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This grant is for activity packs and software to support Young Carers impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim is to improve emotional wellbeing and provide opportunities to have fun.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to hvoss (Herefordshire Voluntary Organisations Support Service)
£5,000 22/04/2020
additional costs of giving advice and information for pandemic
National Lottery Community Fund - The Base
£9,750 24/02/2020
12
The funding will be used to improve their premises and resources for community organisations. The project aims to develop a community facility to improve access and support for local voluntary groups.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Herefordshire Voluntary Organisations Support Service
£25,000 26/04/2013
To deliver the Mobile Youth Led Opportunities (MYLO) programme in Leominster, Bromyard and Kington within rural Herefordshire, enabling young people to access support and creating opportunities for personal development.
National Lottery Community Fund - Talent Match Vision & Prospectus
£1,820,501 22/03/2013
60
The project will work with existing and new partners offering young people personal, practical development and employability skills to make them ready and attractive to the employment market. Young people will be engaged through outreach work, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Marches LEP Partnership Development Fund
£10,000 24/10/2012
12
The application is from Herefordshire Voluntary Action, a registered charity and company based in Hereford, serving the development of the Talent Match partnership in the Marches LEP area.
National Lottery Community Fund - HERE for the CITY
£367,772 10/03/2010
36
This project will provide tailored support to improve quality of life and community cohesion in Hereford City. The group will employ a team to develop cross-sector partnership working, encouraging local residents, groups and organisations to work ....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: 61-80
  • ANNE CONSTANCE ROBINSON Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
  • DAVID ANDREW TRISTRAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Funding And Community Support Officer
  • JUDITH FAUX Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • LYNDA WILCOX (Chair) Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • RICHARD STEPHEN KELLY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Manager
  • SUZANNE PENNY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • DR JONATHAN DAVID ARGENT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Semi-Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/03/2003, number: 1096451
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/12/2002, number: 04625595
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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; all on time
Main office

52 Broad Street
HEREFORD
HR4 9AB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF HEREFORDSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND, IN PARTICULAR1) 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. 2) 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.3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THOSE INVOLVED WITH THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE.4) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 8 TO 25 RESIDENT OR BORN IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY’.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF HEREFORDSHIRE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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