Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -9

Support Score: 1

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Very static board: -5
All male board: -3

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -11

VOLITION COMMUNITY

We operate as a Cathedral Volunteer Programme for unemployed people. We bring a sharp focus to their employability and skills needs and create a structured pathway to support them back to work. Our volunteers are not clients or customers, it is their decision to choose and commit to being a volunteer and they can stay as long as they want to. There are no goodbyes.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely male
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£330	£233	£98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	*	£129	£148	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	*	£143	£139	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	*	£131	£129	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£81	£98	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	*	£90	£110	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	*	£122	£83	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	*	£255	£252	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

volitioncommunity.org

01618332220

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Other education support

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Manchester City Council - Grant to Volition Community
£7,000	26/06/2020	Grant for funding to engage with Manchester residents with disabilities, ex-offenders and those with mental health needs to support into employment
Manchester City Council - Grant to Volition Community
£5,000	01/05/2018	Grant to deliver a range of support to unemployed adults in Manchester
Tudor Trust - Grant to Volition Community
£60,000	22/07/2016 24	over two years towards the cost of employing a Volunteer Coordinator at a project based in Liverpool and Manchester cathedrals that supports long term unemployed people
Nesta - AC30010
£228,011	26/08/2014	Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund programme grant to Volition Community Grant Ref AC30010

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANTHONY O'CONNOR Appointed: 2015

JAMES BLAKEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director

JOHN EDWARD ATHERDEN FCA Appointed: 2015

THE VERY REVD ROGERS GOVENDER (Chair) Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/02/2015, number: 1160268

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR21: 123 days late, AR20: 45 days late, AR19: 150 days late, AR17: 14 days late, AR16: 49 days late, AR15: 128 days late,

Main office

MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL
VICTORIA STREET
MANCHESTER
M3 1SX

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1.1 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYSAS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.3.2 THE CIO SHALL PURSUE THESE OBJECTIVES THROUGH STRUCTURED VOLUNTEERINGPLACEMENTS AND SUPPORT TO PREPARE UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE FOR WORK AND CONNECTTHEM WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS. THIS WILL BE DELIVERED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:3.2.1 RAISING ASPIRATIONS AND CONFIDENCE - BY CHALLENGING COMFORT ZONES,PARTICIPATING AND SEEING NEW POSSIBILITIES, PEER SUPPORT, LIFE COACHING.3.2.2 REMOVING BARRIERS TO WORK - PRACTISING WORK READY SKILLS FROMCONFIDENCE, SKILLS, OVERCOMING PERSONAL ISSUES TO TRANSPORT AND BETTERNETWORKS.3.2.3 EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT - CAREERS TALKS, SITE VISITS, TRAINING, GUARANTEEDINTERVIEWS, MOCK INTERVIEWS, CREATING A LASTING SHIFT IN EMPLOYERS'ATTITUDES TO UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, THEIR HIRING PRACTISES AND READINESS TOSUPPORT PEOPLE.3.2.4 INCREASING SKILLS - SOME WITH LEVEL 1 QUALIFICATION, OTHERS COMPLETINGNVQS, WORK EXPERIENCE, VOCATIONAL COURSES, FURTHER VOLUNTEERING, WORKEXPERIENCE.3.2.5 IMPROVED HEALTH AND WELLBEING.3.2.6 SOCIAL INCLUSION - FROM DISENGAGED TO INVOLVED AND PARTICIPATING.3.3 NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THECIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THECHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THECHARITIES 'ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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