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Description
The charity delivers practical support through the power of volunteering so that older people can get more out of life and aims to relieve poverty, distress and suffering in various sections of the community, primarily in the UK, by the provision of various services for individuals and such other purposes for the benefit of the community.
Also known as
- Alfrick Thursday Club
- Ashington RVS Social Centre
- Bassetlaw Home from Hospital Service
- Cornhill Companions
- Cottingham Darby and Joan (RVS)
- Happy Corner Stroke Club
- Royal Voluntary Service
- RVS - The Gatherings - Northumberland
- RVS Manchester Supporting Your Recovery
- RVS Neighbours Together
- Royal Voluntary Service
- Royal Voluntary Service - Shrewsbury
- Royal Voluntary Service - Staffordshire
- Royal Voluntary Service Perth
- Seahaven RVS Good Neighbours
- W R V S
- Womens Royal Voluntary Service
- WRVS
- WRVS (Womens Royal Voluntary Service)
- Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS)
- Womens Royal Voluntary Service
- Worcester Evergreen Darby and Joan Club
...and 12 other names
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
ST1 3JP
Website
Domain
royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk
Latest income
£38,475,000 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- Wikipedia: Royal Voluntary Service
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Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1015988 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Other philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
H90
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Beneficiary group
BE» Older peopleBE108 -
Charity and VCS support
CV» VolunteeringCV104 -
Social welfare
SW» Individual povertySW105
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Elderly/old People
202 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Human Resources
304 -
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
305 -
Provides Services
306
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1992-12-31 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 61,373,000 | 68,572,000 |
| 2005-03-31 | 68,467,574 | 70,949,694 |
| 2006-03-31 | 69,894,447 | 67,492,789 |
| 2007-03-31 | 84,086,390 | 81,854,609 |
| 2008-03-31 | 84,439,904 | 83,178,428 |
| 2009-03-31 | 85,266,035 | 87,541,581 |
| 2010-03-31 | 81,959,740 | 83,304,193 |
| 2011-03-31 | 79,106,966 | 83,057,889 |
| 2012-03-31 | 74,706,651 | 78,679,151 |
| 2013-03-31 | 73,217,000 | 77,183,000 |
| 2014-03-31 | 71,028,000 | 79,933,000 |
| 2015-03-29 | 68,613,000 | 75,016,000 |
| 2016-03-27 | 64,730,000 | 67,449,000 |
| 2017-03-26 | 64,453,000 | 65,418,000 |
| 2018-04-01 | 64,779,000 | 64,077,000 |
| 2019-03-31 | 53,043,000 | 58,763,000 |
| 2020-03-29 | 53,751,000 | 58,914,000 |
| 2021-03-28 | 36,068,000 | 37,239,000 |
| 2022-03-28 | 35,939,000 | 40,179,000 |
| 2023-03-28 | 38,475,000 | 39,984,000 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 910 | 755 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 13 | 13 |
| Volunteers | 16,019 | 16,506 |
| Trustees | 12 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| Legacies | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Income from charitable activities | 33.1 | 30.9 |
| Income from other trading activities | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Income from investments | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Other income | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Total | 38.5 | 35.9 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 1.4 | 2.3 |
| Spending on raising funds | 1.4 | 2.3 |
| Grants to institutions | - | 0.3 |
| Other charitable activities | 38.5 | 37.5 |
| Charitable activities | 38.5 | 37.8 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 40.0 | 40.2 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (1.5) | (4.2) |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| Investment assets | 8.1 | 10.4 |
| 12.3 | 13.6 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Cash | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Other current assets | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 8.9 | 8.6 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (7.7) | (7.2) |
| Net current assets | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 13.5 | 15.0 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| Unrestricted funds | 11.1 | 11.9 |
| 13.5 | 15.0 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 5,264,359 | 8,520,467 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 13.7% | 23.7% |
| Number of government contracts | 2 | 2 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | - | 735,814 |
| Government grants as % of total income | - | 2.0% |
| Number of government grants | - | 1 |
Received 63 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-operative Group | £1,324 | Grant to Royal Voluntary Service | ||
|
Cornwall Community Foundation
Crisis Fund |
£1,000 | Applying for the Crisis fund | ||
|
Cornwall Community Foundation
Surviving Winter Fund |
£3,700 | Grant to RVS Neighbours Together | ||
| Co-operative Group | £1,857 | Grant to Balfron Lunch Club | ||
| Co-operative Group | £1,509 | Grant to Bassetlaw Home from Hospital Service | ||
| Co-operative Group | £1,902 | Grant to Tea and Tunes | ||
|
Oxfordshire Community Foundation
Oxfordshire County Council |
£1,500 | Cornhill's Luncheon | ||
| Spirit of 2012 | £6,000 | Shaping the Future | ||
| Co-operative Group | £843 | Grant to Royal Voluntary Service - Shrewsbury | ||
| Co-operative Group | £1,102 | Grant to Royal Voluntary Service Perth |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
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- Co-operative Group (13 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Cornwall Community Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Foundation Scotland (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Masonic Charitable Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Northern Rock Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- People's Health Trust (12 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (5 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Spirit of 2012 (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (19 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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