Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

KENT COAST VOLUNTEERING LTD 

The Objects of the Charity are to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the area of benefit by associating together volunteers and organisations in a common effort to advance education, social and welfare services, and similar charitable activities among those classes in need thereof and for this purpose but not otherwise the Charity shall have the following powers: -
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, despite a decline more recently
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 19 years

www.kcv.org.uk

emma.cooney@kcv.org.uk

01304367898

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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
30/09/22£428£442£-14n/an/an/an/an/a160
30/09/21£387£395£-8n/an/an/an/an/a350
30/09/20£325£386£-61n/an/an/an/an/a350
30/09/19£517£495£22£0£201£1383.419330
30/09/18?£371£378£-7£0£0£0n/a0120
31/03/17£124£161£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£200£193£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£147£125£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£127£133£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£125£119£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£90£103£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£135£113£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£121£99£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£66£69£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£74£78£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£67£60£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 160 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£505,168
Tudor Trust£110,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
Ministry of Defence£54,826
DCMS£30,670
The Clothworkers Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Kent Coast Volunteering Infrastructure Support
£386,332 18/11/2022
The funding will enhance volunteering infrastructure support across a larger geographical area of the South Kent coast including Thanet Dover Folkestone and Hythe. The project in Thanet will focus on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - This is Kent Coast Volunteering
£9,955 29/09/2022
The funding will be used to upgrade the website and communications resources for this voluntary sector support agency that serves communities in Dover Folkestone and Hythe. The project will deliver ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 24/06/2022
Core Funding for KCV
National Lottery Community Fund - Folkestone Nepalese Community Centre
£65,000 30/09/2021
The funding will cover the initial set up and two years running of a Nepalese community centre in a deprived ward in Folkstone on the Kent Coast where there is a significant Nepalese and Gurkha ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Communities in Action @ KCV
£33,941 10/09/2021
The funding will be used to pilot some key services that look to provide infrastructure support for organisations located within the Thanet Dover and Folkestone & Hythe area. This proposal will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Organisational resilience
£9,940 18/06/2021
The funding will be used to contribute towards HR and office running costs for this volunteer centre serving communities in Kent and Sussex. The project aims to support the re-opening of satellite ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Kent Coast Volunteering Ltd
£110,000 19/03/2021
36
over three years towards the salary of a Volunteer Connector to work with existing, new and emerging voluntary organisations in Thanet, particularly those supporting young people
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£19,826 12/02/2021
For community projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£35,000 12/02/2021
Address social isolation by targeting specific groups within the Armed Forces community who are traditionally harder to reach.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,670 11/08/2020
"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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£30,000 07/05/2020
KCV 2020 and beyond
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Kent Coast Volunteering
£5,000 06/05/2020
COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that supports older people in Kent
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Thanet Volunteer Bureau
£3,580 15/11/2019
We want funding for our befriending project, matching volunteers with isolated older people, to provide companionship and support.
DCMS - Age-friendly and Inclusive Volunteering
£52,698 01/04/2019
Supporting people referred to services and receiving help from volunteers into becoming volunteers themselves
National Lottery Community Fund - Silver Sunday and Spring Celebration
£7,075 06/09/2018
12
The organisation will hold a two day community event in Thanet to support older people who are isolated within the community.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Thanet Volunteer Bureau Ltd
£15,000 18/04/2018
12
The funding will support the additional development work needed for the charity to undertake and deliver a merger with two other volunteer bureaus.
National Lottery Community Fund - Thanet Community Support Partnership (TCSP)
£312,217 25/01/2017
36
This group will continue to develop its work to reduce social isolation in older people by offering a variety of services, enabling older people to remain independent in their own homes. The group ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Thanet Volunteer Bureau
£20,000 08/12/2016
24
towards two years' salary of the Outreach Worker at a project providing volunteering opportunities to disadvantaged and older people and those with mental health issues in Kent
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Volunteer Centre Thanet
£5,000 14/03/2012
towards one year's salary of a Transport/Volunteer Co-ordinator at a community project in a deprived area of Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Thanet Community Support Partnership
£311,798 12/10/2011
61
The aim of this project is to reduce isolation and enable disabled older and vulnerable people to remain in their own homes by providing a volunteer befriending scheme. The project will provide ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 44-79
  • ANOUSKA LADDS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Svp Business Strategy, Excellence & Operations
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/10/2005, number: 1111800
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/03/2005, number: 05392093
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR16: 26 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from DOVER DISTRICT VOLUNTEERING CENTRE on 10/09/2019
Main office

Kent Coast Volunteering
3 Park Street
DEAL
Kent
CT14 6AG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, SOCIAL AND WELFARE SERVICES, AND SIMILAR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE CLASSES IN NEED THEREOF AND FOR THIS PURPOSE BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE CHARITY SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS: -(A) TO ADVISE AND GUIDE PERSONS WILLING TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY SERVICE;(B) TO PROVIDE A CENTRE;(C) TO ADVISE AND GUIDE ORGANISATIONS USING VOLUNTEERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE BEING MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY;(D) TO COMMISSION RESEARCH FOR GENERAL PUBLICATION;(E) TO HOLD AND CONDUCT CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND ENQUIRIES;

Defined Area of Benefit:

AREA COVERED BY KENT COUNTY COUNCIL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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