Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

VOLUNTARY ACTION REIGATE & BANSTEAD LTD 

Voluntary Action Reigate & Banstead Ltd is a support charity which works to champion local voluntary action and strengthen local charities, voluntary organisations and community groups in the borough.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 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
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 13 years

www.varb.org.uk

info@varb.org.uk

01737763156

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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£105£129£-24n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/22*£167£115£52n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£141£110£31n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£102£91£10n/an/an/an/an/a27
31/03/19£104£99£5n/an/an/an/an/a140
31/03/18£78£92£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£90£102£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£107£91£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£82£66£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£84£99£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£84£108£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£86£114£-27£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 4 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Surrey,

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
Community Foundation for Surrey - The "Doing Good" project
£20,000 23/03/2021
Funding toward a project that will encourage those with mental health issues to volunteer, by an organisation, based in Reigate and Banstead, that connects suitable volunteering opportunities with ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Infrastructure Support
£19,920 03/09/2020
7
Funding toward salary and capital cost of an organisation, based in Reigate and Banstead, that matches volunteers with organisation and is looking to expand due to the need of the Covid-19 pandemic.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£19,920 03/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Grant to Voluntary Action Reigate and Banstead
£2,500 01/04/2020
Funding toward the essential running costs of an organisation, based in Reigate and Banstead, that recruits and places volunteers, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Community Foundation for Surrey - iWill Young Volunteer Project - Reigate & Banstead
£4,991 30/01/2020
12
Funding towards the salary of the Project Officer for a charity that promotes volunteering, based in Reigate and Banstead.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Young Volunteer Project - Reigate & Banstead
£5,000 02/07/2019
11
A young people’s volunteering project in Reigate and Banstead.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Young Volunteer Project - Reigate & Banstead
£4,994 11/09/2018
12
Supporting young volunteers and promoting the benefits of young volunteers among voluntary organisations.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Aspire - Supported Volunteering Project
£5,000 25/06/2018
11
To enable VARB to deliver Aspire- a supported volunteer project.
Community Foundation for Surrey - "Good Idea" Young Volunteer Project
£4,990 09/03/2017
12
Supporting young volunteers and promoting the benefits of young volunteers among voluntary organisations.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Aspire - Supported Volunteering Project
£8,949 15/11/2016
11
A supported volunteering project to open up volunteering opportunities to all sections of the community but predominantly those who are unemployed and of working age .
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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: 38-91
  • JONATHAN ESSEX Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Social Enterprise For Environmental Charity
  • KANIKA SACHDEVA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Development Manager & Borough Councillor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/11/2010, number: 1138897
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/04/2010, number: 07217319
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR22: 10 days late, AR12: 122 days late,
Main office

Voluntary Action Reigate & Banstead
Woodhatch Place
11 Cockshot Hill
Reigate
Surrey
RH2 8EF

Objectives

A. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THEBOROUGH OF REIGATE AND BANSTEAD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTERCALLED 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 ABOVEPURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARYORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT,PROVIDED THAT IN CARRYING OUT THESE CHARITABLE PURPOSES, THE CHARITY WILL SEEK TO CHALLENGE ALLFORMS OF OPPRESSION AND INEQUALITY AND GIVE PRIORITY TO WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHOSE FULLPARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY IS LIMITED BY ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

REIGATE AND BANSTEAD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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