DACORUM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 28 October 1983
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 01745852
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £3,110,092
Latest expenditure: £3,016,577
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: FAO Mr Simon Aulton, DACORUM CVS, 48 HIGH STREET, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HERTFORDSHIRE, HP1 3AF

Website recorded by the regulator: www.communityactiondacorum.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Linking the public, corporate and voluntary sectors for the benefit of the community.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 13 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 13 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,110,092
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,016,577

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 19 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 19 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,139,119
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,844,758

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 20 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 20 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £3,122,055
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,759,461

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 22 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 22 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,997,880
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,472,448

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 16 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 16 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £2,039,376
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,854,387

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 13 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,110,092
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,016,577
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 11
Count Govt Grants: £31
Income From Government Contracts: 2399636
Income From Government Grants: £402,708
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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 Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 250

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 19 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,139,119
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,844,758
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 23
Count Govt Grants: £16
Income From Government Contracts: 2451707
Income From Government Grants: £412,284
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 250

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 20 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £3,122,055
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,759,461
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 10
Count Govt Grants: £42
Income From Government Contracts: 2061657
Income From Government Grants: £775,763
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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: 300

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 22 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,997,880
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,472,448
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 10
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £48
Income From Government Contracts: 1905716
Income From Government Grants: £894,800
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 300

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £2,039,376
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,854,387
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 10
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £66
Income From Government Contracts: 1339419
Income From Government Grants: £555,703
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 300

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 13 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 425869
Income Other Trading Activities: 11957
Income Charitable Activities: 2629208
Income Investments: 43058
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3110092
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,780,453
Expenditure Other: 236124
Expenditure Total: 3016577
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 82825
Expenditure Support Costs: 236124
Expenditure Depreciation: 21927
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,531,501
Assets Total Fixed: 115804
Assets Own Use: 115804
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,779,308
Assets Total Liabilities: £696,938
Assets Current Investment: 1498414
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,198,174
Creditors One Year Total Current: 696938
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £876,360
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1531501
Funds Restricted: 666673
Funds Total: 2198174
Count Employees: 49
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 19 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 451899
Income Other Trading Activities: 14736
Income Charitable Activities: 2637373
Income Investments: 35111
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3139119
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,844,758
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2844758
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 115122
Expenditure Depreciation: 26581
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,270,162
Assets Total Fixed: 105619
Assets Own Use: 105619
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,547,912
Assets Total Liabilities: £548,872
Assets Current Investment: 598004
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,104,659
Creditors One Year Total Current: 548872
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,430,185
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1270162
Funds Restricted: 834497
Funds Total: 2104659
Count Employees: 256
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 20 December 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 810002
Income Other Trading Activities: 7903
Income Charitable Activities: 2302822
Income Investments: 1328
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3122055
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,579,865
Expenditure Other: 179596
Expenditure Total: 2759461
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 56075
Expenditure Support Costs: 2722237
Expenditure Depreciation: 26435
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,015,551
Assets Total Fixed: 68506
Assets Own Use: 68506
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,279,720
Assets Total Liabilities: £537,928
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,810,298
Creditors One Year Total Current: 537928
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,768,470
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1015551
Funds Restricted: 794747
Funds Total: 1810298
Count Employees: 257
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 22 December 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 900444
Income Other Trading Activities: 5679
Income Charitable Activities: 2091645
Income Investments: 112
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2997880
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,299,514
Expenditure Other: 172934
Expenditure Total: 2472448
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 45441
Expenditure Support Costs: 2442019
Expenditure Depreciation: 30429
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,171,168
Assets Total Fixed: 109164
Assets Own Use: 109164
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,061,583
Assets Total Liabilities: £723,043
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,447,704
Creditors One Year Total Current: 723043
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,646,065
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1171168
Funds Restricted: 276536
Funds Total: 1447704
Count Employees: 232
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 564933
Income Other Trading Activities: 853
Income Charitable Activities: 1473054
Income Investments: 166
Income Other: 370
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2039376
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 564933
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,629,272
Expenditure Other: 225115
Expenditure Total: 1854387
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 22811
Expenditure Support Costs: 225115
Expenditure Depreciation: 494907
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £907,525
Assets Total Fixed: 110364
Assets Own Use: 110363
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,755,512
Assets Total Liabilities: £943,604
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £922,272
Creditors One Year Total Current: 943604
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,157,796
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 907525
Funds Restricted: 14747
Funds Total: 922272
Count Employees: 229
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Hertfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: DACORUM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2019-07-05T00:00:00
Reason: Amalgamated
Assoc Organisation Number: 3984428
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1088117
Assoc Charity Name: VOLUNTEER CENTRE DACORUM

Charity Name: DACORUM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1983-10-28T00:00:00

Charity Name: DACORUM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2020-09-03T00:00:00
Reason: Removed by application
Assoc Organisation Number: 5066920
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1164867
Assoc Charity Name: HERTFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY LEARNING

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/08/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 31/07/2015 as amended on 15 Dec 2022 as amended on 07 Dec 2023
Charitable Objects: (1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DACORUM AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE. 4(2) TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.4(3) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE 4:(A) “THIRD SECTOR” MEANS CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES.(B) “CHARITIES” ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. (C) “VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES” ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.”
Area Of Benefit: DISTRICT OF DACORUM

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 278881
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: COMMUNITY ACTION DACORUM

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures