Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

THE JEWISH VOLUNTEERING NETWORK 

PROMOTING THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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: 15 years

www.jvn.org.uk

info@jvn.org.uk

02082036427

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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£332£307£26n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/22£268£289£-21n/an/an/an/an/a300
31/03/21*£371£336£35n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/20£378£381£-2n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/19£303£327£-24n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18£402£293£109£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£208£193£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£209£173£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£180£150£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£174£186£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£167£182£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£136£133£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£133£149£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£165£114£51£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 25%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 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
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to The Jewish Volunteering Network
£20,000 15/09/2021
Towards the salary of a Volunteer Broker who will help rebuild JVN's capacity to place volunteers post-Covid.
The Berkeley Foundation - The Jewish Volunteering Network charitable objective grant
£10,000 21/11/2019
One-off unrestricted grant in support of the charitable objectives of The Jewish Volunteering Network.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to The Jewish Volunteering Network
£36,000 11/03/2019
36
Towards the provision of volunteering opportunities for 30 offenders, contributing to research by the University of Cambridge measuring the effect of a range of interventions on offending rates.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Recruitment and Management App
£9,615 04/10/2017
12
The project will focus on developing an app to support improved access to volunteering opportunities.
Greater London Authority - Grant to Jewish Volunteering Network
£10,000 16/03/2017
Team london small grants - supporting 59-69 year olds to volunteer and/or elderly people to have improved access to community services
National Lottery Community Fund - JVN volunteering website portal
£10,000 04/05/2016
12
The group will use the funding to redevelop their website. This will improve the group’s effectiveness in providing volunteering opportunities within the Jewish community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Age of Responsibility
£10,000 05/11/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Peoples Project
£10,000 12/01/2012
12
This is a project by a charity in Camden. The group will use the funding to extend its volunteer matching services to young Jewish people. This will increase capacity and promote the work of this ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-75
  • ELI GAVENTA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • MAX SOBELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/2009, number: 1130719
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/02/2009, number: 06826136
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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
14 returns made; AR21: 34 days late, AR10: 40 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE MOSS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST on 25/08/2022
Main office

SCHALLER HOUSE
WOHL CAMPUS FOR JEWISH EDUCATION
44A ALBERT ROAD
LONDON
NW4 2SJ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING WITHIN THE SECTOR, IN PARTICULAR WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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