Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

KINGSTON VOLUNTARY ACTION 

to promote the voluntary sector in Kingston upon Thames by the provision of information, advice, education, training services, resources and other support. To encourage and support innovation and the meeting of new or unmet needs. To develop the capacity and skills of local organisations working to support local communities, to build resilience and connect people to their communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 9 years

http://kva.org.uk/

admin@kva.org.uk

02082553335

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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£1,211£947£264£0£1,030£5707.22021
31/03/22£977£868£109£0£765£43162025
31/03/21£1,214£1,030£185£0£633£3283.81724
31/03/20£887£782£106£0£450£2393.71624
31/03/19£816£782£33£0£342£12721428
31/03/18£785£876£-91£0£306£650.9180
31/03/17*£938£773£165£0£396£961.5170
31/03/16*£1,088£855£233£0£233£681160

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 7.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 30
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bromley, Croydon, Kingston Upon Thames, Merton, Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, Sutton, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 21 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£611,849
Trust for London£159,270
Greater London Authority£25,144
Sport England£3,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - VCSE Resilience Forum
£5,000 08/09/2023
To establish a local VCSE Resilience Forum (linked to the Borough Resilience Forum) in order to build the capacity of voluntary and community organisations who support residents and communities in ....more
Greater London Authority - VCSE Resilience Forum
£5,000 28/02/2023
VCSE Resilience Forum To establish a local VCSE Resilience Forum (linked to the Borough Resilience Forum) in order to build the capacity of voluntary and community organisations who support ....more
Trust for London - Kingston Voluntary Action
£7,670 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.02.2020-8456
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kingston Voluntary Action
£345,000 09/03/2022
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£345,000 over three years (£127,000; £109,000; £109,000) towards the further development and delivery of the Datawise London programme.
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Walk Club
£3,750 17/08/2021
17
Funding under Sport England's Toyota Parasport Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Walk Club. This project is a Rambling project, with a focus on beneficiaries with ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kingston Voluntary Action
£10,000 08/06/2021
£10,000 towards the development phase of a project to improve how London’s small civil society organisations can make better use of data for the benefit of the communities with whom they work.
Greater London Authority - Grant to London Borough of Lambeth
£15,144 01/12/2020
Sunnyhill Nature Garden
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kingston Voluntary Action
£46,500 01/07/2020
£46,500 to Kingston Voluntary Action for its Superhighways project to backfill staff time and engage with external consultants to review its current services, streamline processes and undertake ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kingston Voluntary Action
£175,140 24/06/2020
£175,140 over 4 years (£47,326; £42,776; £43,008; £42030 towards the Director’s salary and running costs.
Trust for London - Kingston Voluntary Action
£151,600 03/06/2020
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The funding is for a ‘Realities-of-Poverty’ capacity-building programme for small frontline charities and community groups working to alleviate poverty in their communities. It will enable better ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kingston Voluntary Action CIO
£15,692 19/05/2020
A grant of £15,692 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Superhighways (c/o Kingston Voluntary Action)
£19,517 19/05/2020
A grant of £19,517 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Greater London Authority - Refugee and Migrant Data Programme
£25,000 01/01/2019
The data pilot will work with the refugee and migrant sector to build on streams of work and strong links between the Communities and Social Policy unit at the GLA and the refugee and migrant sector. ....more
DCMS - Digital Leadership Fund - Kingston Voluntary Action
£59,172 01/01/2019
Superhighways is a Kingston Voluntary Action project that supports small local charities and community groups in London to do more with digital. They work via local infrastructure organisations to ....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

  • NIGEL NEWBY (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chief Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/02/2015, number: 1160403
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
8 returns made; AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 2 days late,
Main office

50 CANBURY PARK ROAD
KINGSTON UPON THAMES
SURREY
KT2 6LX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:· THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, EDUCATION, TRAINING, SERVICES, RESOURCES AND ANY OTHER SUPPORT;· ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING INNOVATION AND THE MEETING OF NEW OR UNMET NEED;· THE PROMOTION OF CHARITABLE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINEFOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, 'THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR' MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS:* CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.* VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

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