Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

DINAS POWYS VOLUNTARY CONCERN

Dinas Powys Voluntary Concern provides a service to individuals, groups and organisations, in particular the elderly and people with disabilities. It does this by providing a community resource centre, running a wellbeing and befriending scheme, providing and maintaining a minibus-ambulance, publishing a free newsletter and community directory, offering support to local voluntary organisations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
31/03/23*£49£49£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£49£48£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£51£48£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£38£34£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£36£75£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£45£47£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£47£27£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£48£28£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£34£24£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£29£27£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£23£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£22£15£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£32£52£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£33£12£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£15£12£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08?£10£7£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/07£18£14£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/06£12£11£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/05£11£9£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/04£13£34£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 51 years

www.dpvc.org.uk

dpvc@btinternet.com

02920513700

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Vale Of Glamorgan,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities

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
Cheshire Community Foundation - The Monday Soup Club
£5,000 29/09/2022
The Monday Soup Club

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BRIAN GEORGE WEST
  • CHRISTOPHER PAUL FRANKS Appointed: 2012
  • COLIN WEDGWOOD TURNER
  • CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS BEE Appointed: 2016
  • DAVID LLOYD THOMAS Appointed: 2013
  • JOHN RICHARD FANSHAW (Chair) Appointed: 2011
  • KEITH HATTON Appointed: 2012
  • ROBERT CROWLEY Appointed: 2018
  • WENDY BOURTON OBE Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/06/1973, number: 502496
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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; AR23: 14 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from DINAS POWIS RELIEF IN SICKNESS FUND on 14/07/2023
Main office

DINAS POWYS VOLUNTARY CONCERN
MURCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTRE
SUNNYCROFT LANE
DINAS POWYS
CF64 4QQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN DINAS POWYS AND DISTRICT IN THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN,HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH,THE RELIEF OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THE RELIEF OF THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DINAS POWYS AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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