Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

VOLUNTARY ACTION COVENTRY

Voluntary Action Coventry exists to promote and support social action, volunteering and community resilience in Coventry, strengthening communities, building capability and improving quality of life for residents in the city.

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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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities

Established: 40 years

www.vacoventry.org.uk

info@vacoventry.org.uk

02476220381

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£666	£659	£6	£0	£302	£172	3.1	19	45
31/03/22	£716	£615	£101	£0	£295	£175	3.4	20	48
31/03/21	£619	£534	£86	£0	£195	£118	2.7	22	49
31/03/20	£538	£547	£-10	£0	£109	£91	2	13	51
31/03/19	£347	£461	£-114	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	54
31/03/18	£494	£505	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£447	£485	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£473	£542	£-69	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£584	£650	£-66	£85	£351	£334	6.2	15	0
31/03/14	£532	£585	£-53	£68	£416	£403	8.3	15	0
31/03/13	£691	£633	£57	£37	£469	£435	8.2	21	0
31/03/12	£644	£802	£-158	£85	£412	£336	5	17	0
31/03/11	£1,270	£1,029	£241	£103	£570	£341	4	20	0
31/03/10	£1,315	£1,237	£77	£93	£329	£284	2.8	28	0
31/03/09	£1,229	£1,217	£12	£100	£252	£201	2	25	0
31/03/08	£1,062	£1,064	£-1	£105	£245	£205	2.3	21	0
31/03/07	£644	£649	£-5	£87	£275	£240	4.4	14	0
31/03/06	£889	£877	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£1,051	£992	£59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£699	£709	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 57%
Reserves/Spending: 3.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Coventry City,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

19 employees
45 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£224,914
DCMS	£18,183
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£8,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Chat Central
£224,914	27/08/2021	The funding will be used to continue and build upon group's Building Connections project – Chat Central. The project links people with shared interests through individual conversations or group ....more The funding will be used to continue and build upon group's Building Connections project – Chat Central. The project links people with shared interests through individual conversations or group activities which in turn helps to break down barriers of perception build new relationships and as a result gives a greater sense of awareness and understanding of the diversity and culture across the local community. It will also support people experiencing isolation to access volunteering opportunities and community activity that could help them to feel positive and give them confidence to form new social connections and relationships.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Voluntary Action Coventry
£8,800	14/01/2021	Towards delivering online and indoor in-person physical and wellbeing activities, including group fitness, sports and lifestyle sessions, for people who are socially isolated and vulnerable, and are ....more Towards delivering online and indoor in-person physical and wellbeing activities, including group fitness, sports and lifestyle sessions, for people who are socially isolated and vulnerable, and are the least likely to participate in physical activities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	25/09/2020	CC4Y - Chat Central for Youth
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£18,183	17/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Chat Central
£97,516	19/02/2019 36	This project will support people into roles where they can build connections, skills and experience including pastimes or activities they are interested in but don't want to access on their own ....more This project will support people into roles where they can build connections, skills and experience including pastimes or activities they are interested in but don't want to access on their own initially. An Engagement Officer supported by volunteers will work with individuals to identify what support they need, bringing people together in pairs or small groups for informal coffee and chat sessions. Over the two years, the project aims to support 260-300 people.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Voluntary Action Coventry
£167,000	13/06/2018 36	towards three years' salary and running costs of a project in Coventry that helps unemployed people into volunteering and/or employment
Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
£19,795	01/04/2018	Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
£46,033	01/04/2017	Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Ministry of Defence - Local Grants 2017/18
£19,785	01/04/2017	Community Integration and Local Service Delivery
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Voluntary Action - Coventry
£13,486	09/09/2015 12	supporting those who are long term unemployed in Coventry by determining the issues faced and then shaping the provision of volunteering as a bridge towards employment with accredited training. The ....more supporting those who are long term unemployed in Coventry by determining the issues faced and then shaping the provision of volunteering as a bridge towards employment with accredited training. The grant will fund salary, researcher and overhead costs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-66

BHOVINDER NAGRA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

DALE BALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Hr Director, Other trusteeship: ROOTS TO BRANCHES AUTISM NETWORK,

LISA JAYNE CHRISTINE CARROLL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Co-Director Of Communications And Fundraising

PHILIP MARK WEARE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Communications Consultant & Translator

SHERRIL DONALDSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/12/1983, number: 514518
Registered at Companies House on 12/09/1983, number: 01752003

Gift Aid

NOT 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

20 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from VOLUNTARY SECTOR CONSORTIUM on 07/09/2019

Main office

1st Floor
Harp Place
2 Sandy Lane
Coventry

Objectives

The advancement of citizenship and community development undertaken through the provision of development support in Coventry to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and social enterprises; increasing the effective use of charitable and non-profit resources by building the capacity of individuals and organisations through the promotion of volunteering and the voluntary sector to take positive action in their community for public benefit. The relief of those in need in Coventry, by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through the identification of existing and emerging individual and community needs and the development or support of voluntary sector led solutions to alleviate those needs ensuring those in need benefit from improved access to services which can better met their immediate and long term requirements. The advancement of education through the provision of information and delivery of programmes of training which improve the efficiency and effectiveness of charities or social enterprises, increase the employability of individuals and enhance the ability of organisation to contribute positively to the development of solutions to meet defined needs in their community for public benefit. The advancement of health and the saving of lives in Coventry through the promotion of voluntary and social enterprise sectors activities that have a proven benefit improving health and wellbeing, whilst promoting best practice and ensuring individuals are in involved in health service design and delivery for wider public benefit.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE CITY OF COVENTRY

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