Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 11
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION 

WCVA is the national membership organisation for voluntary organisations in Wales. WCVA promotes volunteering, good governance, sustainability and engagement by providing information, training, advice and support to charities, voluntary and community groups & social enterprises. WCVA manages several grant & loan schemes.
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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities
  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Established: 61 years
(77 years as a company)

www.wcva.cymru

02920431734

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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£35,016£33,231£1,785£628£14,970£8,4613.110584
31/03/22£39,011£35,514£3,497£559£14,507£9,1023.110842
31/03/21£50,951£49,663£1,288£376£6,406£2,0570.510043
31/03/20£21,172£20,949£223£367£7,179£2,9061.79146
31/03/19£16,494£16,631£-137£406£8,388£4,5763.3880
31/03/18£14,701£15,349£-649£354£7,890£4,0583.2900
31/03/17£12,154£12,604£-449£372£8,597£4,4774.3920
31/03/16£12,803£13,334£-531£440£9,881£4,5174.1930
31/03/15£20,034£21,240£-1,206£17£8,015£4,2022.4990
31/03/14£23,364£24,440£-1,076£19£10,199£4,8882.41160
31/03/13£20,855£28,353£-7,497£18£8,005£1,5460.71360
31/03/12£43,407£47,776£-4,368£19£15,850£1,7600.41440
31/03/11*£40,241£32,561£7,680£685£21,499£1,2080.41360
31/03/10£30,749£24,346£6,403£769£12,413£-634-0.31290
31/03/09£24,453£26,313£-1,860£743£6,270£-913-0.41120
31/03/08£29,000£30,099£-1,098£616£10,413£1,3840.61200
31/03/07£26,096£27,428£-1,331£18£10,808£5640.21170
31/03/06*£29,407£27,762£1,645£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£31,531£24,315£7,216£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£26,767£27,292£-525£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 52%
Liabilities/Income: 47%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 57%
Reserves/Spending: 3.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides other finance
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • 105 employees
  • 84 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
Comic Relief£1,650,000
Department for Work and Pensions£502,405
National Lottery Community Fund£58,323
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Energy Efficiency Fund
£58,323 26/06/2023
The Welsh Council for Voluntary Action received £58323 to support voluntary sector organisations across Wales with energy audits working with a range of organisations with knowledge and experience ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION
£502,405 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Comic Relief - WCVA Comic Relief Community Fund in Wales 2021-23
£1,000,000 23/03/2021
24
WCVA Intermediary funding programme 2021-23
Comic Relief - Wales Intermediary funder
£650,000 07/05/2020
12
COVID19 - Emergency Response - This emergency funding will contribute towards the Voluntary Services Emergency Response Fund supporting communities across Wales with their response to and the impact ....more
Comic Relief - Wales Intermediary funder
£1,500,000 09/01/2019
24
Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) is submitting this proposal as lead applicant on behalf of Third Sector Support Wales (TSSW). TSSW is a network of support organisations for the whole of the ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to WCVA
£249,600 13/12/2018
Catalyst Cymru: Building heritage capacity
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to WCVA
£9,900 29/03/2018
Enhanced Heritage of Wales Research Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)
£15,000 26/03/2018
9
To support the third sector in Wales to have a stronger voice in debates about Brexit
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to WCVA
£9,900 24/11/2017
Heritage of Wales Research Project
Spirit of 2012 - Volunteering Spirit Wales
£179,400 10/12/2014
Exploring principles of good volunteer management, embedding consistently across event volunteering through 6 pilot projects and producing a toolkit. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to WCVA
£631,800 21/05/2013
Giving the past a future – sustainable heritage in Wales
National Lottery Community Fund - Wales Volunteering
£940,571 02/12/2011
36
This new, pan-Wales project will enable Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA), the County Voluntary Councils (CVCs) and Volunteer Centres (VCs) to meet the national rising demand for volunteer ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Explore- The Third Sector Internship Programme
£247,930 25/05/2011
48
The project will provide people who lack relevant experience with a range of short-term (around 3 months) focused internship opportunities within third sector organisations throughout Wales. The ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - People and Places Applicant Support - Contract 2440
£799,164 28/04/2011
60
A contract to provide support services to People and Places applicants to develop their full applications.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustainable Funding Cymru - 'Accelerating Change'
£728,146 19/11/2010
39
A three year project, which will enable third sector organisations across Wales to diversify their funding mix and become more sustainable, equipped to meet emerging needs, and able to make the best ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-75
  • DR NEIL RHYS WOODING (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief People Officer - Ministry Of Justice
  • REHAM BASSAL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Digital Marketing Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/05/1963, number: 218093
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/12/1946, number: 00425299
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
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; AR11: 0 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from OGWR DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION on 15/05/2019
  • Asset transfer in from OGWR DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION on 29/03/2022
Main office

Wales Council for Voluntary Action
One Canal Parade
Dumballs Road
Cardiff
CF10 5BF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, IN SUCH MANNER AS SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH CHARITY COMMISSIONPUBLISHED GUIDANCE FROM TIME TO TIME AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN WALES, THEVOLUNTARY SECTOR AND THE PROMOTION OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES THROUGH THAT SECTOR'SPROVISION OF BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:PROVIDING SERVICES, EDUCATION, TRAINING, INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO CHARITIESAND OTHER VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN WALES;4.2 TO ADVANCE OTHER SUCH OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLEACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN SUCHMANNER AS THE DIRECTORS MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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