01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 1 December 1994
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 02987866
- Financial period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Latest income
- £873,441
- Latest expenditure
- £812,146
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: The Joiners Shop, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TZ
Website recorded by the regulator: www.mva.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Services and support for local voluntary groups and organisations which includes: identifying, co-ordinating and providing trainingensuring full participation for disadvantaged groups, networking and building partnerships,Advice, information and resources,infrastructure support,Development, support and management of projects
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 August 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £873,441
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £812,146
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 September 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £820,349
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £793,500
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £581,100
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £563,216
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 September 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 September 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £465,534
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £362,420
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 October 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 October 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £318,941
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £335,555
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 26 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £873,441
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £812,146
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 5
- Count Govt Grants
- £6
- Income From Government Contracts
- 462466
- Income From Government Grants
- £81,466
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 41
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 20 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £820,349
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £793,500
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 4
- Count Govt Grants
- £8
- Income From Government Contracts
- 494330
- Income From Government Grants
- £119,256
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 36
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £581,100
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £563,216
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 3
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £7
- Income From Government Contracts
- 357254
- Income From Government Grants
- £99,845
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 64
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 27 September 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £465,534
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £362,420
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 105931
- Income From Government Grants
- £8,088
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 123
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 21 October 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £318,941
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £335,555
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 102845
- Income From Government Grants
- £9,453
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 112
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 26 August 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 47472
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 3940
- Income Charitable Activities
- 682987
- Income Investments
- 28083
- Income Other
- 110959
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 873441
- Income Legacies
- 47472
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £812,146
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 812146
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 3250
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2038
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £203,140
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3919
- Assets Own Use
- 3919
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,380,470
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £565,661
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £818,728
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 565661
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,351,001
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 477196
- Funds Restricted
- 341532
- Funds Total
- 818728
- Count Employees
- 20
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 20 September 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1868
- Income Charitable Activities
- 767403
- Income Investments
- 8317
- Income Other
- 42761
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 820349
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £793,500
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 793500
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2000
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2473
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £137,740
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3339
- Assets Own Use
- 3339
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,111,671
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £357,577
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £757,433
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 357577
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £902,662
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 441843
- Funds Restricted
- 315590
- Funds Total
- 757433
- Count Employees
- 17
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 537313
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 3191
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 968
- Income Other
- 39628
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 581100
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £563,216
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 563216
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 1350
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5296
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £133,187
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2570
- Assets Own Use
- 2570
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £820,484
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £92,470
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £730,584
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 92470
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £668,847
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 494526
- Funds Restricted
- 236058
- Funds Total
- 730584
- Count Employees
- 14
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Medway
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 309
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (MEDWAY)
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1994-12-01T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (MEDWAY)
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2022-05-11T00:00:00
- Reason
- Does not operate
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 3947151
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1068190
- Assoc Charity Name
- MEDWAY MEDIATION
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 NOV 1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 NOV 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 JAN 2017
- Charitable Objects
- TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE OBJECT OR PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN THE MEDWAY AREA AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:1) TO PROVIDE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF, AND DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;2) TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS 3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LEARNING.
- Area Of Benefit
- PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN THE MEDWAY AREA
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 549769
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- MEDWAY VOLUNTARY ACTION
- Charity Name Id
- 177785
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- MEDWAY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
- Charity Name Id
- 177782
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- CVS (MEDWAY)
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures