Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -1

SOMERSET YOUTH VOLUNTEERING NETWORK

The principal activity of the charity is the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness through the promotion of voluntary services, particularly by young people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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		£52	£125	£-73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	300
31/03/22		£116	£147	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/03/21		£207	£152	£55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	600
31/03/20	*	£252	£172	£80	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,500
31/03/19		£174	£145	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,200
31/03/18		£136	£142	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£156	£225	£-69	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£147	£258	£-111	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£280	£293	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£368	£285	£83	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£261	£281	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£261	£242	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£385	£394	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£400	£380	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£397	£434	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£454	£348	£106	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£242	£257	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£212	£205	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£268	£253	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years
(24 years as a company)

www.volunteernetwork.org.uk

info@volunteernetwork.org.uk

01458836130

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
300 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
Somerset Community Foundation - Running growing and cooking sessions for low income families in Glastonbury
£5,000	28/07/2022	Running growing and cooking sessions for low income families in Glastonbury
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Supporting vulnerable young people in Mendip
£3,000	26/06/2020 3	Grant to Somerset Youth Volunteering Network , know as The Volunteer Network
National Lottery Community Fund - Breaking the Loneliness
£10,000	07/02/2019 12	The funding will be used to offer support and mentoring for isolated people within the community. The project aims to bring people together through various activities to increase wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - reAction
£487,509	12/10/2011 60	This is a new project based in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire which will provide support, such as advice on employment and housing, training and healthcare, to young people living in rural areas who ....more This is a new project based in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire which will provide support, such as advice on employment and housing, training and healthcare, to young people living in rural areas who cannot access support services in urban areas. The support will be taken out to the rural communities, with 8 areas targeted each year. The project will use a mobile classroom to run a series of workshops covering topics including job seeker skills, confidence building, life skills and sexual health awareness.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Somerset Youth Volunteering Network
£18,800	30/06/2011	the salary costs of the reAction Project Officer/Youth Development Officer including expenses, project costs and core funding (year two only)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-39

ALISTAIR JAMES WILLIAM THOMPSON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Joiner

APRIL SCHNEIDER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Unemployed

ROXY PARSONS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Marketing Consultant

VICTORIA LOUISE STONE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Administrator

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/03/2003, number: 1096507
Registered at Companies House on 15/07/1999, number: 03807870

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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; AR20: 51 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

9 SILVER STREET
GLASTONBURY
SOMERSET
BA6 8BS

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES PARTICULARLY BY YOUNG PEOPLE

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOMERSET

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