Overall GiG Score: -4 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 3
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +3

COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE NORTH WEST KENT 

ADVANCING LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTION IN DARTFORD, GRAVESHAM AND SWANLEY. CVSNWK EXISTS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES AND A REPRESENTATIVE VOICE TO THE THIRD SECTOR WITHIN NORTH WEST KENT BRINGING GROUPS TOGETHER AND PROMOTING COMMUNITY COHESION.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 20 years

www.cvsnwk.org

sarah@cvsnwk.org

01474 354479

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£140£162£-22n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/22£190£166£24n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£192£199£-7n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/20*£210£212£-2n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/19£331£321£10n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18*£304£393£-90£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£358£383£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£347£366£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£405£397£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£403£395£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£324£372£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£480£428£52£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£416£334£82£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£416£33£382£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£386£383£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£482£459£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£515£509£6£8£34£340.8370
31/03/06£540£530£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£552£534£18£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 5 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
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,

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 - Reach Out NWK
£9,990 21/01/2022
The funding will be used to rebuild links within the voluntary sector through community engagement. The project aims to engage with new and existing groups to develop a coordinated voluntary sector ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Place
£9,690 30/05/2019
12
The organisation will use funding to run the 'Our Place' project, which provides a range of community activities including history walks, workshops and half term clubs. The project aims to bring the ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to CVS North West Kent - SAfE Project (Smart Advice for Everyone)
£7,896 19/11/2018
We need laptops and to pay rent for our SAfE project which enables, empowers and enriches lives.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to CAS Community Solutions CIC
£18,500 13/06/2018
24
towards two years' running costs of a project providing employability and digital skills to people in a deprived area of Kent
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to North West Kent CVS
£40,000 19/09/2011
the costs of the Home Support Projects including rent, salaries and training costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 51-62
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2004, number: 1102160
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/01/2004, number: 05020016
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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR20: 10 days late, AR18: 8 days late, AR14: 46 days late,
Main office

NORTHFLEET VETERANS CLUB
THE HILL
NORTHFLEET
DA11 9EU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, OR ASSIST THE PROVISION OF, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;A. TO PROVIDE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;B. TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;C. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LEARNING.D. TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER, THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WORKING, STATUTORY AND PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.E. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF THE DARTFORD, GRAVESHAM & SWANLEY AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH WEST KENT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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