Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL 

BVSC is the leading voluntary sector support body in Birmingham, committed to ensuring that voluntary action can thrive and make a positive difference for everyone in Birmingham. BVSC provides voluntary sector and volunteering support services, a range of VCS-led social impact programmes, community space and building facilities and consultancy, advice and training for our members and partners.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 60 years
(77 years as a company)

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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£21,814£18,977£2,837£23£5,446£3,9202.5500
31/03/22£14,238£13,645£593£0£2,611£6890.6480
31/03/21*£6,571£6,195£377£4£2,016£6691.3510
31/03/20£3,604£4,076£-472£207£1,637£7562.2440
31/03/19£4,572£4,689£-117£236£2,111£8912.3480
31/03/18£4,392£4,317£74£209£2,229£6501.8510
31/03/17*£4,093£4,511£-418£100£2,155£7812.1550
31/03/16£4,014£3,579£435£192£2,572£9493.2520
31/03/15£3,134£2,521£613£111£2,137£8894.2410
31/03/14*£1,872£1,722£150£107£1,524£8596270
31/03/13*£1,922£1,839£83£115£1,372£8725.7320
31/03/12£1,624£1,652£-28£116£1,289£8105.9430
31/03/11*£2,311£2,504£-193£82£1,318£7703.7560
31/03/10£2,555£2,397£158£101£1,510£7133.6510
31/03/09£2,165£2,175£-10£515£1,351£7694.2360
31/03/08£2,820£2,965£-144£434£1,365£6972.8470
31/03/07£3,269£3,927£-658£439£1,511£6261.9630
31/03/06*£4,875£3,987£888£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£4,700£4,898£-199£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£4,483£4,188£296£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 41%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 50 employees
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
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Birmingham Living Wage City
£25,000 25/10/2021
To increase and maintain awareness of the Living Wage Employers scheme among Third Sector organisations in Birmingham
National Lottery Community Fund - BVSC - Supporting the Sector
£106,000 06/08/2020
7
Birmingham Centre for Voluntary Action (BVSC) supports the voluntary and community sector in Birmingham. Funding for the organisation will go towards supporting 50+ grass roots organisations and ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Accessible Social Investment for Birmingham
£50,000 24/05/2018
13
To build BVSC staff expertise on social investment to pilot VCSE enterprise development support.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - BVSC 2020
£30,000 12/09/2017
12
To enable BVSC to review and refresh its operating model
National Lottery Community Fund - Ageing Better in Birmingham
£6,000,000 30/07/2014
72
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Birmingham Development
£20,000 15/01/2014
4
Birmingham Development
National Lottery Community Fund - Birmingham - Multiple and Complex Needs
£10,020,000 18/03/2013
96
This is a project led by Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, an incorporated charity based in Birmingham, serving the development of the Multiple and Complex Needs partnership in the Birmingham ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Talent Match Vision & Prospectus
£7,600,000 01/02/2013
72
The project will provide personalised supervision to improve pathways to employment. It will do this by providing paid employment or work experience opportunities which will run alongside ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Birmingham - CN Development Funding
£10,000 25/10/2012
12
This is a project led by Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, an incorporated charity based in Birmingham, serving the development of the Multiple and Complex Needs partnership in the Birmingham ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Greater Birmingham partnership development funding
£10,000 04/09/2012
12
This application is from Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (BVSC), a charity and registered company based in Birmingham, serving the development of the Talent Match partnership in the Birmingham ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Birmingham Voluntary Service Council
£63,266 05/05/2011
Towards the costs of a collaborative programme to reduce re-offending among short term prisoners released into the community.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-81
  • JACKIE OWEN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Charity Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/02/1964, number: 218795
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/10/1946, number: 00421688
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
  • Investment
  • 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; AR21: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR14: 2 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

BVSC
Latham House
33-34 Paradise Street
BIRMINGHAM
B1 2AJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, RACE, CREED OR COLOUR OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION ALL OR ANY PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH NOW ARE OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT AND THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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