Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

ROTHER VOLUNTARY ACTION 

RVA seeks to strengthen the social and economic wellbeing of local communities and help people fulfil their potential in a socially and environmentally sustainable fashion through its work as a development trust and council for voluntary service
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 age and 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
Established: 17 years

www.rva.uk.com

office@rva.uk.com

01424217259

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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£601£585£16£1£294£2946131
31/03/22£585£563£21£163£279£2795.9121
31/03/21£408£346£61n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/20£396£366£30n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£391£408£-17n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18*£437£374£63£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£348£409£-60£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£431£346£85£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£326£313£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£258£252£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£264£240£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£256£237£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£215£224£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£303£311£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£236£258£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£245£241£4£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 13 employees
  • 1 volunteer

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£314,634
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£31,140
Sussex Community Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Rother Voluntary Action's Volunteer Hub
£304,634 24/03/2022
The project is using funding to support the core function of developing and supporting a thriving skilled and valued volunteering culture in Rother. The funding will be used to provide outreach work ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rother Voluntary Action- RVA
£5,000 23/03/2022
Funding was provided to support core costs to build a thriving volunteering culture in the Rye and Winchelsea area, through the delivery of various activities under the project title 'Rother ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0679-CF1540 - Clean Seas Please 2122
£11,005 01/04/2021
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0679-CF1283 - Clean Seas Please 2122
£1,745 01/04/2021
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0679-CF1203 - Clean Seas Please 2122
£4,250 01/04/2021
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Rother Voluntary Action- RVA
£10,000 21/09/2020
Funding is to further explore the emerging community needs by running a series of focused workshops and from these to develop a specific training and support programme to enable these groups, which ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0476-CF948 - Clean Seas Please(£49K allocated for 19/20, £21K for 20/21 )
£9,496 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0476-CF1021 - Clean Seas Please(£49K allocated for 19/20, £21K for 20/21 )
£4,644 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
National Lottery Community Fund - Role Players
£10,000 11/07/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to run a new group for younger children and their families to promote socialising and bring people together.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Clean Seas Please(œ49K allocated for 19/20, œ21K for 20/21 )
£24,988 01/04/2019
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Clean Seas Please(œ49K allocated for 19/20, œ21K for 20/21 )
£17,849 01/04/2019
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rother Voluntary Action
£30,000 15/03/2019
36
This project will deliver weekly sessions exploring and promoting careers in science, technology, engineering and maths to children affected by poverty and low aspirations. The activities will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Surge and Happen
£9,900 11/04/2017
12
A series of fun and creative community idea development events will be funded, which will help local people identify what they feel is important and create opportunities for them to work on and ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Rother Voluntary Action
£90,000 03/05/2016
36
over three years towards a volunteering, befriending and connecting community inititiative in Bexhill
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Rother Voluntary Action
£31,000 30/05/2012
the salary of the Sidley Projects Co-ordinator, recruitment, training, travel expenses, mobile phone costs, laptop, software and a contribution to overheads
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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: 33-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/01/2007, number: 1117546
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/01/2005, number: 05333784
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls 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
16 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR10: 18 days late, AR08: 56 days late,
Main office

Rother Voluntary Action
47 London Road
BEXHILL-ON-SEA
East Sussex
TN39 3JY

Objectives

3. THE CHARITY'S CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT F ROTHER AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD (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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LOCAL GOVENMENT DISTRICT OF ROTHER AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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