Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 12

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 14

DAVENTRY VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Volunteering Centre and Local Infrastructure Organisation operating in Northamptonshire

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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		£428	£330	£98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	250
31/03/22		£255	£212	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	350
31/03/21		£201	£184	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/03/20		£176	£157	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	300
31/03/19		£151	£135	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/03/18		£61	£114	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£118	£99	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£76	£112	£-36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£115	£148	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£183	£172	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£197	£178	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£171	£142	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£164	£158	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£168	£170	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£138	£107	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£88	£98	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£88	£74	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£78	£106	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£133	£103	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£91	£91	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 34 years

www.daventryvolunteers.org.uk

info@daventryvolunteers.org.uk

01327 300614

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Northamptonshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
250 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	£154,803
Henry Smith Charity	£118,600
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
DCMS	£9,971
Northamptonshire Community Foundation	£7,200

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Help to Work project - making paid work possible
£154,803	24/03/2023	Funding will be used for an employment service across Daventry and the surrounding district. The Help to Work project will offer one-to-one support to get people back into work focusing on those with ....more Funding will be used for an employment service across Daventry and the surrounding district. The Help to Work project will offer one-to-one support to get people back into work focusing on those with the greatest barriers to entry.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Daventry Volunteer Centre
£118,600	23/09/2021 36	towards three years' costs of the 'Horizon Project', providing volunteer opportunities for people with mental health issues and/or learning disabilities in Daventry, Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Happy at Home COVID Recovery Project
£4,200	21/06/2021	Happy at Home COVID Recovery Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	28/05/2021	DVC Projects Support
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,971	15/06/2020	"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."
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - COVID-19 Crisis Volunteering for Daventry & South Northants with Happy @ Home
£3,000	02/04/2020 5	To redeploy existing volunteers and recruit new volunteers specifically for Crisis volunteering during the pandemic to cover the Daventry and South Northants districts.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Daventry Volunteer Centre
£4,450	19/11/2018	We want to help isolated elderly people feel less lonely by matching them with a regular volunteer visitor and putting on social events.
National Lottery Community Fund - The DASH/Safe n Sound Partnership
£163,624	11/10/2011 72	Two proects, DASH and Safe n Sound, will merge to provide a more strategic partnership approach of providing information and advice on an outreach basis to adults living in Daventry & South ....more Two proects, DASH and Safe n Sound, will merge to provide a more strategic partnership approach of providing information and advice on an outreach basis to adults living in Daventry & South Northamptonshire. The project will provide an outreach service to a vast rural area covering 74 villages spread around the small market town of Daventry and 79 villages across South Northamptonshire.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

DERVAL O'BRIEN Appointed: 2016

CARELLA DAVIES, Other trusteeship: DAVENTRY DISTRICT WELFARE FOUNDATION,

JOHN HAWKES Appointed: 2019

JOHN LEE Appointed: 2015

JOSHUA TOMS Appointed: 2020

LYNNE TAYLOR Appointed: 2021

PAM TOMALIN Appointed: 2017

STEPHEN CAVE

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/07/1990, number: 802879

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
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; AR16: 25 days late, AR08: 12 days late, AR07: 28 days late,

Main office

New Street Centre
13 New Street
DAVENTRY
NN11 4BT

Objectives

TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY WORK IN EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND SIMILAR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE CLASSES IN NEED THEREOF

Defined Area of Benefit:

DAVENTRY AND DISTRICT

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