Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

SLOUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE 

To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the Borough Of Slough and local areas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £117,000

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*£1,096£1,060£36£0£1,366£3343.81445
31/03/22£1,226£1,186£41£0£1,048£1201.21655
31/03/21£1,086£902£183£0£935£4155.515663
31/03/20£946£908£38£0£876£45461912
31/03/19£914£615£299£0£641£2144.21312
31/03/18£579£486£93£0£316£-67-1.6110
31/03/17£476£442£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£339£313£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£282£312£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£481£486£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£803£655£148£8£771£3346.170
31/03/12£488£370£118£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£953£555£398£8£505£46180
31/03/10£427£431£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£287£348£-61£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£338£320£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£312£315£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£303£286£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£413£401£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£347£387£-40£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 34%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 24%
Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
Quick Ratio: 4.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 26 years

www.sloughcvs.org.uk

enquiries@sloughcvs.org.uk

01753 524176

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Slough, Windsor And Maidenhead,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£48,000
National Lottery Community Fund£29,998
UK Community Foundations£10,198
Co-Operative Group£7,501
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Slough Carers Support
£1,909 21/10/2023
We aim to organise a trip for our carers: this will be an opportunity for them to have a break, feel supported by other carers, and have an enjoyable day out!
National Lottery Community Fund - Raising Cultural Awareness
£10,000 27/01/2023
The funding will be used to deliver cultural awareness training to community organisations supporting residents from diverse backgrounds. The project aims to help organisations to better understand ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Slough Council for Voluntary Services
£1,488 22/10/2022
Through our group of 40 volunteers, we aim to provide support to help people with anxiety, loneliness, mental health, bereavement, domestic abuse issues and much more.
National Lottery Community Fund - Windsor Ascot and Maidenhead (WAM) Get Involved - Supporting Change
£9,999 15/10/2021
The funding will be used to provide support to over 250 local voluntary groups in Windsor Ascot and Maidenhead. The project aims to upskill existing and new community groups so that they have the ....more
DCMS - ACE Loneliness Fund
£31,000 18/01/2021
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
UK Community Foundations - BAME Infrastructure Fund
£10,198 22/10/2020
Restricted funding for COVID-19 Relief (led by people of Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic Heritage)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 22/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - WAM - Supporting Community Change Through Covid-19
£9,999 13/08/2020
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The funding will be used to provide support to voluntary and community groups so they can help strengthen their communities during times of crisis such as COVID-19.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£7,000 26/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Slough CVS
£4,104 15/11/2019
We want to engage the community, creating a mural, workshops and a legal street art wall to tackle anti-social behaviour in a new way.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 50-76
  • JAMIE GREEN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Project Co-Ordinator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/04/1998, number: 1069086
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/03/1998, number: 03523907
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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; AR23: 132 days late, AR09: 108 days late, AR07: 142 days late,
Main office

27 CHURCH STREET
SLOUGH
BERKSHIRE
SL1 1PL

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGH OF SLOUGH, AND IN AREAS ADJACENT THERETO AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL, HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT', AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE 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 ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE BOROUGH OF SLOUGH.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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