Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

WOLVERHAMPTON VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION 

INFRA-STRUCTURE AGENCY SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR WITHIN THE CITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON, INCLUDING ENCOURAGING COLLABORATIVE WORKING, SUPPORTING PEOPLE TO SPEAK OUT, AND SUPPORTING PEOPLE INTO VOLUNTEERING.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 35 years

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info@wvca.org.uk

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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£2,591£3,003£-412£0£1,193£5152.13727
31/03/22£3,049£3,013£35£0£1,605£5912.44550
31/03/21£3,566£3,333£232£0£1,570£55124840
31/03/20£3,318£3,243£75£0£1,337£53024531
31/03/19£3,542£4,440£-897£0£1,262£5191.44931
31/03/18£5,339£4,794£544£0£2,160£4321.1470
31/03/17£4,473£3,515£958£0£1,615£3081.1370
31/03/16£3,044£3,210£-166£0£657£2500.9320
31/03/15£1,990£1,975£15£7£824£3201.9250
31/03/14*£1,535£1,363£172£6£808£2622.3250
31/03/13£1,291£1,196£96£5£636£2762.8260
31/03/12£767£904£-137£6£541£2733.6270
31/03/11£1,430£1,479£-49£6£678£3092.5290
31/03/10*£1,343£1,270£73£6£728£3493.3220
31/03/09£1,086£1,028£57£25£655£2432.8220
31/03/08*£1,254£1,137£117£7£597£1992.1170
31/03/07*£1,076£902£174£7£480£1972.6170
31/03/06£869£741£128£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£875£764£111£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£595£665£-70£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 43%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 13.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 37 employees
  • 27 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
Co-Op Foundation - Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council STC Expand application
£9,990 18/12/2020
To help you build on the work and impact from Space to Connect Explore funding, aimed at providing communities with a space to connect
Department of Health - Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council
£41,186 28/04/2020
Competitive Grants Scheme on Social PrescribingNeed review after Q2 for COVID19 impactBAU Yr 3 of 3 - £ 925,000Chnaged to Section 70 for 20/21 was previously Section 64
Co-Op Foundation - STC Explore
£6,305 03/10/2019
Hold consultation meetings with community groups and voluntary organisations to identify specific needs they have around community venues, and learn how to remove barriers to engagement.
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing - Social Prescribing Fund -Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council
£84,884 01/04/2019
An intervention through which people are supported to access non-medical services in the community.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£17,362 01/04/2019
Expansion of an existing service in Wolverhampton that will close the gap between the range of social prescriptions currently available for people identified as lonely or socially isolated and their ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£17,362 02/01/2019
Expansion of an existing service in Wolverhampton that will close the gap between the range of social prescriptions currently available for people identified as lonely or socially isolated and their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Wellbeing Partnership
£44,193 26/11/2018
36
The Wellbeing Partnership
National Lottery Community Fund - Talent Match Black Country
£2,186,274 07/11/2018
36
Talent Match Black Country
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Investing in Social Enterprise
£43,200 24/05/2018
13
Capacity building to provide technical skills and support to VCSE organisations in Wolverhampton to be investment ready to deliver public sector and other contracts.
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing - Social Prescribing Fund -Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council
£147,100 01/04/2018
An intervention through which people are supported to access non-medical services in the community.
DCMS - LCF Development Grants
£30,000 22/01/2018
To complete feasability and development work on devising a social impact bond financed project
Comic Relief - GIRLS ALLOWED
£460,507 30/11/2016
18
This proposal is to support a city wide partnership in Wolverhampton comprising of community groups, youth charities, the police and the Council, (through the Safer Wolverhampton Partnership). The ....more
DCMS - GIRLS ALLOWED
£75,517 30/11/2016
This proposal is to support a city wide partnership in Wolverhampton comprising of community groups, youth charities, the police and the Council, (through the Safer Wolverhampton Partnership). The ....more
DCMS - GIRLS ALLOWED
£75,517 30/11/2016
This proposal is to support a city wide partnership in Wolverhampton comprising of community groups, youth charities, the police and the Council, (through the Safer Wolverhampton Partnership). The ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Talent Match Vision & Prospectus
£10,318,438 11/03/2013
72
This project will preparing young people for employment through seven information hubs and a mobile bus will provide referrals to specialist advisers in addition to advertising job opportunities in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wolverhampton Improving Futures
£1,067,857 13/12/2011
60
This project will support around 200 families living in the most deprived areas, helping parents to become more effective in their roles. The project will particularly focus on two priority groups - ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wolverhampton Improving Futures
£10,000 22/06/2011
12
This is a development grant which has been awarded so that the applicant can work up a more detailed application.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-73
  • SIMEON GREENE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Equality, Diversity & Human Rights Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/11/1988, number: 700910
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/08/1988, number: 02288239
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR04: 131 days late,
Main office

PAYCARE
PAYCARE HOUSE
GEORGE STREET
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV2 4DX

Objectives

(I) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WOLVERHAMPTON AND SPECIFICALLY. (II) TO PROVIDE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID COMMUNITY. (III) TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS. (IV) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WOLVERHAMPTON AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

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