Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS 

NCVO champions the voluntary sector and volunteering. We connect, represent and support voluntary organisations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • This charity only provides its support via other charities

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £627,000
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 60 years
(99 years as a company)

www.ncvo.org.uk

david.hauk@ncvo.org.uk

02075202538

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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£7,133£6,880£253£1,027£6,082£5,82310.2771
31/03/22£5,351£6,317£-966£1,022£6,737£6,64712.6751
31/03/21£7,505£7,421£84£830£4,897£4,6497.5881
31/03/20£9,088£8,847£241£1,297£7,490£7,0759.6921
31/03/19£8,938£8,415£523£1,389£3,909£3,3614.8901
31/03/18£8,408£8,276£132£1,295£3,260£3,1134.5920
31/03/17£8,210£8,388£-178£1,309£2,118£1,9762.8950
31/03/16£9,334£9,513£-179£1,164£2,608£2,2662.91090
31/03/15£10,365£8,737£1,628£1,187£1,441£9091.21050
31/03/14£9,588£8,868£720£1,104£2,099£1,8042.41060
31/03/13£8,939£8,280£659£1,308£2,168£1,9532.81000
31/03/12£7,393£7,078£315£1,191£2,242£2,0513.5880
31/03/11£10,140£9,781£359£1,193£2,270£4,5985.61150
31/03/10£10,355£10,470£-115£1,355£1,551£1,3411.51210
31/03/09£10,643£10,672£-29£135£3,149£2,8023.21270
31/03/08£13,396£12,917£479£1,306£5,405£4,7294.41320
31/03/07*£13,113£13,320£-207£1,025£3,479£2,7502.51200
31/03/06*£10,978£10,154£824£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£6,850£6,157£693£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£5,616£5,500£116£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 21.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 52%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 10.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 77 employees
  • 1 volunteer
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£1,381,632
Department of Health£169,564
Garfield Weston Foundation£75,000
Esmee Fairbairn£73,990
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to INACTIVE - NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting charities through the cost of living crisis
£10,000 25/11/2022
The funding will be used to run free webinars and offer help and guidance to support charities with cost-of-living issues and financial management. The project aims to support charities facing ....more
Mark Leonard Trust - Towards its fossil fuel divestment campaign
£20,000 16/11/2022
Towards its fossil fuel divestment campaign
J J Charitable Trust - Towards its fossil fuel divestment campaign
£20,000 16/11/2022
Towards its fossil fuel divestment campaign
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£75,000 06/05/2022
Practical support for the sector
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations
£25,000 28/03/2022
Grant to NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Seafarers UK - Grant to NCVO
£12,000 06/12/2021
Grant fuding toward consultancy costs incurred to develop an evaluation framework to measure the impact of The Seafarers' Charity's grantmaking and advocacy.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations
£17,750 29/07/2021
Grant to NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Department of Health - NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations)
£40,000 28/08/2020
Grant funding to members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance for priority project work in support of DHSC, NHS England and Improvement and PHE strategic priorities.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to NCVO
£16,590 10/08/2020
18
Towards Project costs for creating an automated classification of charities in the charity register.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to National Council for Voluntary Organisations
£25,000 11/06/2020
Grant to support policy response to Covid-19 pandemic
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 Response
£997,990 15/05/2020
5
NCVO will use funding to deliver core activities over the next nine month period of crisis and recovery as they experience increased demand for existing services whilst looking to restructure to a ....more
Department of Health - National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
£80,000 28/04/2020
See HWA summary:Working with the VCSE sector - encourange two way flow of information and inteliigence betweeen the Sector and the System.
Pears Foundation - Grant to NCVO
£20,000 21/04/2020
1
Core funding
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to NCVO
£57,400 30/01/2020
12
Towards project costs for improving NCVO's tech/digital Knowhow web content to help small and medium sized charities become more digitally confident.
National Lottery Community Fund - Scaling impact, building a sustainable model
£373,642 24/07/2019
29
Scaling impact, building a sustainable model
Sport England - Families & Volunteering Best Practice Project
£20,000 29/05/2019
10
Funding under Sport England's Opportunity Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Families & Volunteering Best Practice Project. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing Alliance-National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
£49,564 01/04/2019
The Health & Wellbeing Alliance consists of 21 organisations from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. These organisations engage in intensive co-production with system ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to NCVO
£15,000 29/03/2019
12
Pears #iwill Fund: Research Project - Volunteering: a Family Affair?
DCMS - Safeguarding Training Fund
£570,000 26/03/2019
to provide, develop, and coordinate a national and generic safeguarding package which will help the sector to increase their awareness, understanding and quality of safeguarding practice and safe ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations
£85,704 13/02/2019
12
NCVO, ACEVO and Lloyds Bank Foundation are working in partnership to explore how we can rebalance the relationship between large and small voluntary organisations that bid for government funding. Due ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Charity Governance Code - Dissemination
£12,500 18/09/2018
12
Dissemination of the Code and raising awareness of governance issues among charities
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing Alliance-National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
£49,564 01/04/2018
The Health & Wellbeing Alliance consists of 21 organisations from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. These organisations engage in intensive co-production with system ....more
Indigo Trust - Research Project linking 360 Giving data to their annual Almanac
£14,950 26/02/2018
To support their Research Project linking 360 Giving data to their annual Almanac.
Indigo Trust - Research Project linking 360 Giving data to their annual Almanac
£14,950 26/02/2018
To support their Research Project linking 360 Giving data to their annual Almanac.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to NCVO
£40,000 15/07/2017
24
Constructive Journalism
Department of Health - NCVO
£49,564 01/04/2017
Health and Wellbeing Alliance
Department of Health - NCVO
£59,443 01/04/2017
To support the development of closer working between Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships and the VCSE sector.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Updating the Governance Code
£6,000 09/12/2016
6
To support the publication and dissemination of a revised version of the Governance Code
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to NCVO Charities Evaluation Service
£60,000 09/05/2016
36
Towards the Funding Central website and NCVO’s campaigning work to represent the voluntary sector in public policy debate.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations
£48,950 16/09/2015
12
the grant will be used to fund the development of a small and medium sized charities almanac to improve the evidence base about the experience of small and medium sized charities
City Bridge Trust - Grant to National Council for Voluntary Organisations
£116,300 28/01/2015
24
£116,300 over two years (£56,900; £59,400) towards the salary and associated running costs of a programme to improve how mentoring and befriending organisations monitor and evaluate their services ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - PQASSO for Wales
£697,622 28/10/2014
60
Not Available
Nesta - AC00376
£16,250 09/07/2014
Innovation in Giving programme grant to National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Grant Ref AC00376
Nesta - AR00161
£9,680 24/03/2014
Mapping programme grant to National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Grant Ref AR00161
Nesta - AC00319
£30,360 01/03/2013
Innovation in Giving programme grant to National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Grant Ref AC00319
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations
£88,100 07/12/2012
the costs of the two year project to help disadvantaged people, communities and organisations play a fuller role in the decision making that impacts their lives
National Lottery Community Fund - Gate and runner modification
£10,000 29/11/2012
12
This is a project by a community organisation in Islington serving beneficiaries across United Kingdom. The group will use the funding to modify the entrance to the building to make it safer and ....more
Nesta - AC00277
£50,000 07/11/2012
Innovation in Giving programme grant to National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Grant Ref AC00277
National Lottery Community Fund - Assist Investment in Infrastructure BIG001-0244
£7,861,741 12/07/2012
48
Assist Investment in Infrastructure BIG001-0244
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to NCVO Charities Evaluation Service
£150,000 15/09/2011
Towards revenue costs, including the cost of the senior founding consultant.
National Lottery Community Fund - Strengthening Communities, Volunteering and Local Support
£1,954,517 27/05/2011
48
A new project by Volunteering England in partnership with 15 organisations based in all nine England regions and the Institute of Volunteering Research to assist communities in tackling the effects ....more
Sport England - Revenue Funding 2011-13
£57,042 06/04/2011
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Revenue Funding 2011-13'. This project lists its main activity as Sports Development.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustainable Funding Project
£860,509 17/03/2010
36
This project helps voluntary and community organisations to be more financially sustainable. The project will increase the sector's understanding of the full range of funding opportunities available, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-65
  • ANGELA SPENCE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer
  • DAN SUTCH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
  • EMILY AGIUS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Volunteering
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/01/1964, number: 225922
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/05/1924, number: 00198344
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 0 days late, AR06: 0 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 135 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MISS S M G ROSS TRUST on 22/07/2021
  • Asset transfer in from MR AND MRS E T WILLIAMS' SETTLEMENT on 28/09/2023
Main office

National Council For Voluntary
Organisations
Society Building
8 Regents Wharf
All Saints Street
N1 9RL

Objectives

5.1 The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:(a) to advance or promote all or any purposes which are exclusively charitable and for the public benefit in accordance with the laws of England and Wales; and.(b) to promote and organise co-operation in the furtherance of such purposes.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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