Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 12

VOLUNTARY ACTION LEICESTER

The charity's objects are to promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the City of Leicester, County of Leicestershire, and County of Rutland, and to promote and organise co-operation in the achievement of this purpose.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 45 years

www.valonline.org.uk

valtrustees@valonline.org.uk

01162580666

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£3,234	£3,190	£44	£0	£3,220	£2,891	10.9	67	30
31/03/22		£2,806	£2,686	£120	£150	£1,265	£933	4.2	58	30
31/03/21		£2,576	£2,473	£103	£149	£-134	£-522	-2.5	60	31
31/03/20	*	£3,033	£2,927	£106	£184	£1,443	£1,008	4.1	62	31
31/03/19		£3,329	£2,965	£364	£127	£627	£140	0.6	62	31
31/03/18		£3,263	£3,330	£-66	£153	£304	£-204	-0.7	71	0
31/03/17		£3,372	£3,498	£-126	£183	£593	£-137	-0.5	76	0
31/03/16		£3,475	£3,371	£104	£114	£1,614	£791	2.8	69	0
31/03/15		£3,071	£2,934	£138	£150	£972	£200	0.8	74	0
31/03/14		£3,245	£3,110	£135	£129	£1,239	£444	1.7	74	0
31/03/13	*	£3,291	£3,040	£252	£136	£902	£61	0.2	69	0
31/03/12		£2,536	£2,471	£65	£38	£1,005	£92	0.4	60	0
31/03/11		£3,851	£3,544	£306	£22	£1,227	£201	0.7	79	0
31/03/10	*	£3,669	£3,552	£117	£23	£334	£-773	-2.6	58	0
31/03/09	*	£2,230	£2,318	£-89	£108	£1,053	£-36	-0.2	51	0
31/03/08		£2,180	£2,181	£0	£108	£1,388	£228	1.3	43	0
31/03/07	*	£2,150	£2,172	£-21	£99	£1,293	£102	0.6	39	0
31/03/06	*	£2,021	£1,973	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£1,891	£1,964	£-73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£2,274	£2,127	£148	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 10.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Leicester City, Leicestershire, Rutland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

67 employees
30 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Volunteering Programme (YVP)
£10,000	02/09/2022	The funding will be used to run a 12 month project to support volunteering opportunities for young people. The organisation will work with grassroots and medium to larger organisations to implement ....more The funding will be used to run a 12 month project to support volunteering opportunities for young people. The organisation will work with grassroots and medium to larger organisations to implement guidance to be developed by young people in order to recruit more young people to VIOs. The project aims to raise awareness of the benefits of volunteering for YP recruit 30 young volunteers run training sessions on youth volunteering promote peer to peer learning and help ensure youth volunteering is embedded within the sector across Leicestershire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Voluntary Sector Support for Leicester and Leicestershire
£39,660	26/08/2020 8	Voluntary Action Leicestershire supports local voluntary and community groups and volunteers enabling them to make a difference in their communities. This funding will be used to build and enhance ....more Voluntary Action Leicestershire supports local voluntary and community groups and volunteers enabling them to make a difference in their communities. This funding will be used to build and enhance the organisation’s current sector support services enabling them to target their support and ensure local organisations are helped through the current COVID-19 pandemic.
DCMS - ALB-New Participation Partners - SG pilot
£5,120	01/04/2017	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'New Participation Partners - SG pilot'. This project lists its main activity as Sports Development.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Collective impact - organisations working with young people
£20,000	28/11/2016 4	A grant will support a core team to progress a collective impact initiative for organisations working with young people. The aim is to bring a group of organisations together to explore how they may ....more A grant will support a core team to progress a collective impact initiative for organisations working with young people. The aim is to bring a group of organisations together to explore how they may pursue transformative change for young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - LeiLei/3/4 Rural Inclusion Skills and Enterprise (RISE) Project
£49,888	22/09/2016 12	This grant will be used to develop plans for a project that will support people living in the rural districts of Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Melton and North West Leicestershire to find ....more This grant will be used to develop plans for a project that will support people living in the rural districts of Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Melton and North West Leicestershire to find employment. The development funding will be used for partnership development, staff costs and communications.
National Lottery Community Fund - LeiLei/1/3 - Getting Ready for Employment And Training Family Project
£1,100,077	04/07/2016 36	This project aims to take a family â€“ centred approach to supporting people back into the labour market. The project will also work with those furthest from the labour market and most at risk ....more This project aims to take a family â€“ centred approach to supporting people back into the labour market. The project will also work with those furthest from the labour market and most at risk of social exclusion to become to enter employment, education or training.
National Lottery Community Fund - LeiLei/1/5 - Reboot Leicestershire
£1,000,070	12/05/2016 36	A project to engage with 2,020 participants to help improve their financial and digital skills. Participants will be supported to enter/re-enter the job market through a volunteering pathway that ....more A project to engage with 2,020 participants to help improve their financial and digital skills. Participants will be supported to enter/re-enter the job market through a volunteering pathway that trains community champions and links participants to education and employment opportunities.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Extending the early adopter network
£60,000	19/04/2016 24	Funding to enable CYI to engage with a new wave of early adopters, provide training and diagnostic support as well as maintain the current cohort. Funding would contribute to high level research ....more Funding to enable CYI to engage with a new wave of early adopters, provide training and diagnostic support as well as maintain the current cohort. Funding would contribute to high level research expertise enabling CYI to provide dedicated support to organisations working with young people and will support the development of new income-generating projects.
National Lottery Community Fund - LeiLei 1/3 - Getting Ready for Employment Activity
£50,000	06/11/2015 12	This grant will be used to develop plans for a project, led by VAL and delivered in partnership with 19 organisations across Leicestershire. The project aims to provide a holistic approach to support ....more This grant will be used to develop plans for a project, led by VAL and delivered in partnership with 19 organisations across Leicestershire. The project aims to provide a holistic approach to support families with intergenerational worklessness to move towards employment. The development funding will be used for projects activities, communication and brand development.
National Lottery Community Fund - LeiLei/1/5 - Reboot LeicesterShire
£49,815	06/11/2015 12	This grant will be used to develop plans for a project to provide a flexible, personal development and employability programme for 15- 24 year olds experiencing social inclusion. The project will ....more This grant will be used to develop plans for a project to provide a flexible, personal development and employability programme for 15- 24 year olds experiencing social inclusion. The project will cover the whole of Leicester and Leicestershire LEP with additional focus on deprived wards in Leicester City, Coalville, Hinckley, Melton, Oadby, Wigston and Loughborough. The development funding will be used for project development and administration costs including staffing.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Vocational Training Enterprise Centre (VTEC)
£7,500	17/09/2015	towards one year's running costs of a project in Leicester providing training for young ex-offenders and marginalised young people
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Minnies Friends
£7,000	04/12/2014	towards one year's running costs of a drop in centre providing support, hot food, clothes and advice to people with drug/alcohol problems or who are homeless in Loughborough, Leciestershire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kickstarting CIC
£9,260	11/09/2014	towards one year's running costs of a project providing help and support to homeless and vulnerable young mothers living in supported accommodation in Leicester
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Vocational Training Enterprise Centre (VTEC)
£5,000	05/12/2013	towards one year's salary of a Sessional Tutor at a project delivering construction training to young people who are NEET and ex-offenders in Leicester
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Minnies Friends
£10,000	12/09/2013	towards one year's core costs of a project in Leicestershire that supports people affected by substance misuse
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Woodgate Residents Association
£5,000	12/09/2013	towards one year's running costs of a children's music development and singing project in Leicester
National Lottery Community Fund - Leicester and Leicestershire Development Programme
£10,000	28/08/2012 12	This application is from Voluntary Action Leicester, a charity and registered company based in Leicester, serving the development of the Talent Match partnership in Leicestershire LEP area.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-77

AJAY AGGARWAL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Solicitor

ADAM JOLLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Commercial Finance Broker (Self Employed)

CLETO MUDHEFI Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: LIVING FAITH TEMPLE, APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY UK (AFMIM- UK) LEICESTER JUBILEE ASSEMBLY,

CONNALL PUGH Appointed: 2021

DUNCAN CULLEN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Police Super Intendent

EMILY COLETTE WEATHERER - SMITH Appointed: 2021

GEMMA EDWARDS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Operations Director

JOANNA MOORE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Manager

LINDA MARY JONES (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: HALLATON MUSEUM,

MOHAMED ESAT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Accountant

NARENDRAKUMAR LALJI BHAGWANJI WAGHELA Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: LEICESTER COUNCIL OF FAITHS LIMITED, CITIZENS ADVICE LEICESTERSHIRE,

ZAHIRUL HAQUE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Auditor, Other trusteeship: VALERIE TAYLOR TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/10/1979, number: 509300
Registered at Companies House on 14/03/1978, number: 01357513

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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
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; AR20: 52 days late, AR13: 28 days late, AR10: 24 days late, AR09: 24 days late, AR07: 273 days late, AR06: 576 days late,

Main office

Voluntary Action Leicestershire
9 Newarke Street
Leicester
LE1 5SN

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF LEICESTER AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS. 2. TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATUS IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF LEICESTER

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