CVW Community Volunteers Wales — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 21 September 2020
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £188,058
Latest expenditure: £226,189
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: No 49, The Pantri, 49 Tredegar Street, Risca, NEWPORT, Gwent

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Our aim is to ensure no-one in our community is lonely, hungry or frightened.We have a team of around 190 volunteers who offer services such as shopping, prescription collectionand other small errands for people who cannot leave the house to do these things for themselves. SinceMarch 2020 we have supported over 160 people who have contacted us or have been referred to us forassistance.

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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: 4 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 4 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £188,058
Total Gross Expenditure: £226,189

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: 31 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £177,062
Total Gross Expenditure: £164,983

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: 31 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £183,813
Total Gross Expenditure: £177,701

Fin Period Start Date: 2 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 14 August 2022
Date Accounts Received: 14 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £86,787
Total Gross Expenditure: £60,874

Fin Period Start Date: 21 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 1 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 1 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 30 March 2022
Date Accounts Received: 30 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £48,290
Total Gross Expenditure: £19,962

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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: 4 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £188,058
Total Gross Expenditure: £226,189
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £26,263
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: 200

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: 31 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £177,062
Total Gross Expenditure: £164,983
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £7
Income From Government Grants: £44,838
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: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 450

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: 31 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £183,813
Total Gross Expenditure: £177,701
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £7
Income From Government Grants: £39,403
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: 400

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 2 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 14 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £86,787
Total Gross Expenditure: £60,874
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £29,115
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 257

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 21 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 1 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 1 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 30 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £48,290
Total Gross Expenditure: £19,962
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £25,516
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 200

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

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

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

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

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: CVW Community Volunteers Wales
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2020-09-21T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Sep 2020 as amended on 16 Dec 2020 as amended on 11 Oct 2022 as amended on 17 Feb 2023 as amended on 10 Jul 2023
Charitable Objects: The objects of the CIO are:To relieve people in the UK who are in need, by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or social circumstances in such ways as the trustees shall think fit, with particular focus on providing assistance to those affected by Coronavirus (Covid-19) or who are affected by or victim of other disaster, trouble, catastrophe or war.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 637315
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: RCV UK (RISCA CV19 VOLUNTEERS)

Charity Name Id: 665867
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Community Volunteers Wales

Charity Name Id: 633724
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: RISCA CV19 VOLUNTEERS

Charity Name Id: 661633
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: RCV UK

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling