ROTHER VOLUNTARY ACTION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 10 January 2007
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 05333784
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £523,729
Latest expenditure: £568,332
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: C/o The Villas, Town Hall, London Road, BEXHILL-ON-SEA, East Sussex, TN39 3JX

Website recorded by the regulator: www.rva.uk.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

RVA seeks to strengthen the social and economic wellbeing of local communities and help people fulfil their potential in a socially and environmentally sustainable fashion through its work as a development trust and council for voluntary service

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: 27 November 2025
Date Accounts Received: 27 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £523,729
Total Gross Expenditure: £568,332

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: 22 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 22 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £437,073
Total Gross Expenditure: £445,400

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: 27 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 27 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £600,613
Total Gross Expenditure: £584,810

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: 3 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 3 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £584,710
Total Gross Expenditure: £563,251

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: 28 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 28 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £407,590
Total Gross Expenditure: £346,132

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: 27 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £523,729
Total Gross Expenditure: £568,332
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 2
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 196840
Income From Government Grants: £37,700
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: 3

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: 22 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £437,073
Total Gross Expenditure: £445,400
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 2
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 99642
Income From Government Grants: £115,700
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: 1

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: 27 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £600,613
Total Gross Expenditure: £584,810
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 2
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Contracts: 95330
Income From Government Grants: £108,000
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: 1

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: 3 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £584,710
Total Gross Expenditure: £563,251
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £9
Income From Government Grants: £317,178
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 1

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: 28 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £407,590
Total Gross Expenditure: £346,132
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £7
Income From Government Grants: £212,058
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

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: 27 November 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 0
Income Other Trading Activities: 43248
Income Charitable Activities: 468615
Income Investments: 10821
Income Other: 1045
Income Total Income And Endowments: 523729
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £124,803
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £443,529
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 568332
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 1869
Expenditure Support Costs: 1869
Expenditure Depreciation: 2398
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £212,309
Assets Total Fixed: 2164
Assets Own Use: 2164
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £271,859
Assets Total Liabilities: £32,544
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £241,479
Creditors One Year Total Current: 32544
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £261,974
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 212309
Funds Restricted: 29170
Funds Total: 241479
Count Employees: 14
Charity Only 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: 27 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 203330
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 395577
Income Investments: 1551
Income Other: 155
Income Total Income And Endowments: 600613
Income Legacies: 203330
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £640
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £584,170
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 584810
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 120754
Expenditure Governance: 1454
Expenditure Support Costs: 1454
Expenditure Depreciation: 1277
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £294,410
Assets Total Fixed: 1545
Assets Own Use: 1545
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £484,726
Assets Total Liabilities: £191,861
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £294,410
Creditors One Year Total Current: 191861
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £440,527
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 294410
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 294410
Count Employees: 13
Charity Only 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: 3 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 317178
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 263950
Income Investments: 46
Income Other: 3536
Income Total Income And Endowments: 584710
Income Legacies: 317178
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £163,217
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £400,034
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 563251
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 97530
Expenditure Governance: 1523
Expenditure Support Costs: 1523
Expenditure Depreciation: 774
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £278,607
Assets Total Fixed: 1322
Assets Own Use: 1322
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £410,264
Assets Total Liabilities: £132,979
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £278,607
Creditors One Year Total Current: 132979
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £321,521
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 278607
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 278607
Count Employees: 12
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: East Sussex
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

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

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

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

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: ROTHER VOLUNTARY ACTION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2007-01-10T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 JANUARY 2005.
Charitable Objects: 3. THE CHARITY'S CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT F ROTHER AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT"), AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;B) 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 VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Area Of Benefit: THE LOCAL GOVENMENT DISTRICT OF ROTHER AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures