Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

No PartB

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

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 16

VOLUNTEER FRIENDS

Volunteer Centre - Nuneaton & Bedworth is a local Volunteer Development infrastructure agency supporting individual volunteers and the local volunteer involving organisations from voluntary, public, private and community sector.Core activities focus on the recruitment, placement and support of volunteers across the local community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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:

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

Established: 21 years

www.volunteerfriends.org.uk

info@volunteerfriends.org.uk

02476315151

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£151	£125	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/22		£121	£117	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	62
31/03/21		£165	£102	£63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/20		£144	£139	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/19		£121	£128	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/18	*	£135	£135	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£125	£133	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£133	£128	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£96	£129	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£101	£165	£-64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£274	£294	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£283	£315	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£395	£329	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£272	£230	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£197	£176	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£167	£167	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£119	£147	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£167	£124	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£84	£87	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£111	£57	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Warwickshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
65 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
National Lottery Community Fund - The Friendship Hub
£114,286	09/03/2023	This project will use funding to develop their Friendship Hub project which aims to tackle loneliness and isolation by providing the chance for people to meet and socialise.
National Lottery Community Fund - Crafty Friends
£9,900	28/01/2022	The funding will be used to run friendship and craft groups for socially isolated people including older people and those with disabilities. The project aims to bring individuals together to learn ....more The funding will be used to run friendship and craft groups for socially isolated people including older people and those with disabilities. The project aims to bring individuals together to learn new skills meet like-minded people and build relationships.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Woodcrafters
£1,995	16/09/2021	in order to provide wood crafting sessions for adults across Nuneaton and Bedworth.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Crafty Club
£1,995	14/07/2021	in order to provide a programme of practical skill workshops for children who are home schooled
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Response
£41,000	15/05/2020	The funding will support local people who are shielding at high risk or isolated due to underlying health conditions age or disability. They will be supporting at least 1100-1200 people per month. ....more The funding will support local people who are shielding at high risk or isolated due to underlying health conditions age or disability. They will be supporting at least 1100-1200 people per month. They will provide essentials including cooked meals and activities for the beneficiaries and set up and run a befriending service where volunteers will make regular “catch up calls” to service users.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Volunteer Friends
£2,500	29/04/2020 7	They would like to use their kitchen to cook meals for the vulnerable, shielded and high risk. They also propose to set up a befriending service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Breaking Barriers
£9,900	11/04/2019 12	This funding will be used to deliver personalised skill development workshops to enhance people's confidence and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wider Horizons For Volunteers
£9,855	17/05/2017 12	This group will use the funding to set up a transport service for isolated local residents. This will provide them with improved access to social activities and essential local services, which in ....more This group will use the funding to set up a transport service for isolated local residents. This will provide them with improved access to social activities and essential local services, which in turn will benefit their wellbeing and quality of life.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - The Friendship Group
£4,902	27/03/2017 11	Grant to Volunteer Centre Nuneaton and Bedworth
National Lottery Community Fund - Kitchen Refurbishment Project
£10,000	16/08/2012 12	This is a project by a charity in Bedworth, Warwickshire. The group will use the funding to extend and refurbish their kitchen facilities for community groups. This will provide adequate facilities ....more This is a project by a charity in Bedworth, Warwickshire. The group will use the funding to extend and refurbish their kitchen facilities for community groups. This will provide adequate facilities to enable the beneficiaries to run kitchen-based training activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Training and Workshop Project
£10,000	15/07/2010 12	This is a project by a charity based in Bulkington, Warwickshire, serving beneficiaries across Nuneaton and Bedworth. The group will use the funding to purchase IT and office equipment to create a ....more This is a project by a charity based in Bulkington, Warwickshire, serving beneficiaries across Nuneaton and Bedworth. The group will use the funding to purchase IT and office equipment to create a new meeting room at their premises to be used for volunteer training and workshops. This will create a new community training facility that will help the group to develop its services for the local community and voluntary sector.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Volunteer Centre - Nuneaton & Bedworth
£20,000	14/01/2009 24	Towards Core costs Towards the costs of a volunteer management training programme and forum.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-72

DONNA SUZANNE WILLIAMSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Teacher

LAURA SUSAN SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Therapeutic Counsellor, Other trusteeship: BULKINGTON VILLAGE CENTRE,

LYNNE SNOW Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

MIKHAEL SHERLON NEWMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Executive

PAUL MONAGHAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

RICHARD SMITH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Managing Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/07/2003, number: 1098366
Registered at Companies House on 05/12/2002, number: 04609837

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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
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; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR15: 37 days late,

Main office

DARLASTON HOUSE
4 SCHOOL ROAD
BULKINGTON
BEDWORTH
WARWICKSHIRE
CV12 9JB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL INHABITANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROTECT HEALTH, RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND ADVANCE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE. FOR THESE PURPOSES BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE COMPANY SHALL:I. ADVISE AND GUIDE PERSONS WILLING TO VOLUNTEER.II. PROVIDE A CENTRE.III. ADVISE AND GUIDE ORGANISATIONS REGARDING ISSUES RELATING TO THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF VOLUNTEERS.IV. PUBLICISE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.V. PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITY BY RECRUITING, MOTIVATING, SUPPORTING AND ENABLING THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT TO TAKE A FULLER PART IN SOCIETY, TO TAKE GREATER CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES AND TO INCREASE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WITHIN THE BOROUGHS OF NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH

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