Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

MID SUSSEX VOLUNTARY ACTION 

Promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the local community in the local government district of Mid Sussex and its environs and in particular:a) providing support services to voluntary organisations;b) fostering partnership working to bring together the representatives of the voluntary organisations and statutory authorities within the area of benefit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 10 years

www.msva.org.uk

enquires@msva.org.uk

01444258102

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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£145£265£-120n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22£291£223£68n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£193£138£55n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£99£105£-6n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/19£93£104£-11n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/18£135£137£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£149£161£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£327£200£128£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Mid Sussex Voluntary Action
£5,000 19/05/2023
Funding was provided to run a Community Café every Thursday from 10am to 2pm at the Cherry Tree Centre in Burgess Hill from April to December 2023.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Cherry Tree Community Centre
£252,712 11/05/2023
Funding will be used toward running costs of the Cherry Tree Centre a space for marginalised groups who face life challenges that have been exacerbated by Covid-19 and the cost of living crisis. This ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - The Cherry Tree Jubilee Arts Day
£2,865 31/03/2022
Funding was provided towards a Jubilee Arts Day at the Cherry Tree Centre on 2nd June.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Mid Sussex Voluntary Action
£9,660 07/07/2021
Mid Sussex Voluntary Action is the infrastructure body for this part of West Sussex. Funding was provided for costs associated with running a community café and kitchen in Burgess Hill to help ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Mid Sussex Voluntary Action
£4,989 12/03/2021
9
Funding was provided for additional salary costs for a Volunteer Development Coordinator to create resources around volunteering and to develop resources in community languages supporting and ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Mid Sussex Voluntary Action
£17,665 21/09/2020
Funding (covering 12 months) is for an additional part-time member of staff to add to the current 1 FTE Community Development team, to develop training, recruiting and supporting volunteers in Mid ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Mid Sussex communities working together during COVID-19
£15,739 08/07/2020
6
The funding will provide continued support for voluntary groups in the area to include; ten new groups set up to support those in need zoom meeting between volunteer groups and local ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Mid Sussex Voluntary Action
£3,500 27/04/2020
MSVA supports over 360 Mid-Sussex based community groups providing front-line services to older people, disabled, children and marginalised groups. Funding is for additional staff and organisational ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Supporting volunteer responses to coronavirus (covid-19)
£1,521 30/03/2020
Funding for additional staff expenditure for four weeks; offering free guidance and specific advice during this pandemic to new and established groups and charities using volunteers to help in this ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - IT for Community workers
£6,066 23/01/2020
4
The project will use funding to improve its IT equipment so it is better able to provide off-site support for community workers in the field.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Mid Sussex Voluntary Action
£7,000 18/11/2019
5
Funding was provided to enable MSVA to offer subsidised meeting rooms and training, produce a fortnightly bulletin and maintain an online database for member organisations.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Mid Sussex Voluntary Action
£5,000 14/07/2017
5
HAMSVA is the only organisation operating in the Mid Sussex and Horsham areas providing support, information, advice, training and a volunteer service to local voluntary and community groups across ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/10/2014, number: 1158780
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR17: 27 days late,
Main office

The Cherry Tree Centre
Fairfield Road
BURGESS HILL
West Sussex
RH15 8QB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF MID SUSSEX AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND IN PARTICULAR BY:(1) PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS; AND(2) FOSTERING PARTNERSHIP WORKING TO BRING TOGETHER THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.3.2 IN CARRYING OUT THESE CHARITABLE PURPOSES, THE CIO WILL SEEK TO CHALLENGE ALL FORMS OF OPPRESSION AND INEQUALITY AND TO GIVE PRIORITY TO WORKING WITH THOSE WHOSE FULL PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY IS LIMITED BY ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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