Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES 

CVST provides support for the community and organisations through a wide range of services such as community development activities, information, advice, training, grant giving, accommodation, events and a newsletter. CVST acts as a strategic partner and facilitates representation of the sector, encourages liaison between groups and develops new services to meet identified gaps.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Established: 19 years

www.cvstendring.org.uk

admin@cvstendring.org.uk

01255425692

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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£2,188£2,026£162£0£3,446£1,4558.644224
31/03/22£3,085£1,406£1,679£0£3,284£1,2921137300
31/03/21£809£852£-43£0£1,606£89712.627200
31/03/20£609£539£70£0£1,649£95921.417163
31/03/19£526£424£102£0£1,579£85924.311150
31/03/18£833£291£542£8£1,477£80233.190
31/03/17£252£270£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£298£307£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£337£264£73£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£275£253£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£258£253£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£239£276£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£297£291£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£412£305£107£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£278£277£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£373£339£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£280£260£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£263£227£35£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 42%
Reserves/Spending: 8.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 8.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 44 employees
  • 224 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Essex,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£452,080
DCMS£69,412
Lloyds Bank Foundation£32,250
Essex Community Foundation£18,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - HILL - Healthier Independent Longer Lives
£452,080 08/06/2023
Funding will be used to support local residents of Tendring by organising delivering and referring to support groups clubs activities and events. The project aims to reduce loneliness develop skills ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tendring Community Voluntary Services
£6,000 22/03/2023
CVST's 50th anniversary commemorations and celebrations
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Tendring Community Voluntary Services
£3,000 14/12/2022
towards the cost of running a lunch club for older people in Clacton
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Tendring Community Voluntary Services
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Clacton Lunch Club
£5,000 21/12/2020
to support a lunch club for older people from an area which experiences high levels of social deprivation in Tendring
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Infrastructure grant to Tendring Community Voluntary Services
£30,000 08/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years to Tendring Community Voluntary Services under the Infrastructure funding programme
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£69,412 15/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Clacton Lunch Club
£10,000 27/09/2019
11
To expand a lunch club for older people from an area which experiences high levels of social deprivation
National Lottery Community Fund - Harwich Hub IT Project
£9,028 06/02/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to run IT sessions for people to help improve access to online services and increase employability skills.
Essex Community Foundation - CVST's Harwich Centre
£10,000 09/08/2018
35
To recruit a part time coordinator to help launch a new health and wellbeing centre in Harwich
National Lottery Community Fund - HILL (Healthier Independent Longer Lives)
£395,483 14/02/2018
36
This group will use the funding to develop their project, which seeks to support community groups that have already been established to become fully-self-sustaining and community owned. The funding ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Essential on-line activity
£2,500 10/11/2017
11
To provide informative on-line workshops for older people to help alleviate social isolation
National Lottery Community Fund - HILL - Healthier, Independent, Longer Lives
£440,774 21/11/2012
60
Tendring Community Voluntary Services (TCVS) aims to develop long-term sustainable communities in the Tendring area that will help and empower local residents to lead healthier, more independent and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Tendring Community Voluntary Services
£10,000 23/02/2012
12
This is one of 30 communities across England receiving development funding through the Communities Living Sustainably programme to help jump start detailed planning for more sustainable living. They ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Voluntary Sector Resource Unit
£10,000 18/03/2010
12
The Tendring CVS own a community centre that is used by many third sector organisations in the area, including Essex Carers Support and Age Concern. They will use an award to fully equip a new ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-77
  • MARK NORMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • MICK PAGE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2005, number: 1108177
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/01/2005, number: 05325167
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
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

Tendring Community Voluntary Servic
Imperial House
20-22 Rosemary Road
CLACTON-ON-SEA
CO15 1NZ

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF TENDRING AND ITS ENVIRONS, (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.PROVIDED THAT IN CARRYING OUT THESE CHARITABLE PURPOSES, THE COUNCIL WILL SEEK TO CHALLENGE ALL FORMS OF OPPRESSION AND INEQUALITY AND TO GIVE PRIORITY TO WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHOSE FULL PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY IS LIMITED BY ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

TENDRING, ESSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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