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Description
WCVA is the national membership organisation for voluntary organisations in Wales. WCVA promotes volunteering, good governance, sustainability and engagement by providing information, training, advice and support to charities, voluntary and community groups & social enterprises. WCVA manages several grant & loan schemes.
Also known as
- The Council of Social Service for Wales (Inc)
- The Council of Social Service for Wales and Monmouthshire Inc)
- The Wales Council for Voluntary Action
- Wales Council for Voluntary Action
- Wcva
- Wales Council For Voluntary Action
- Wales Council for Voluntary Action
- Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
CF10 5BF
Website
Latest income
£35,015,959 (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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- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Companies House
- Opencorporates
- Wikipedia: Wales Council for Voluntary Action
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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.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 218093 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
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.
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Charitable activities
CA» Grant makingCA200 -
Charity and VCS support
CV -
Charity and VCS support
CV» Umbrella bodiesCV103 -
Charity and VCS support
CV» VolunteeringCV104 -
Economic and community development
EC» Social enterpriseEC106 -
Education
ED» TrainingED300
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Other Finance
303 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
308 -
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
309
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1963-05-24 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 26,766,952 | 27,292,244 |
| 2005-03-31 | 31,530,964 | 24,315,227 |
| 2006-03-31 | 29,407,375 | 27,762,202 |
| 2007-03-31 | 26,096,429 | 27,427,633 |
| 2008-03-31 | 29,000,160 | 30,098,544 |
| 2009-03-31 | 24,453,175 | 26,312,811 |
| 2010-03-31 | 30,749,169 | 24,346,131 |
| 2011-03-31 | 40,240,533 | 32,560,517 |
| 2012-03-31 | 43,407,139 | 47,775,532 |
| 2013-03-31 | 20,855,366 | 28,352,665 |
| 2014-03-31 | 23,364,155 | 24,440,489 |
| 2015-03-31 | 20,033,970 | 21,239,976 |
| 2016-03-31 | 12,803,345 | 13,334,042 |
| 2017-03-31 | 12,154,050 | 12,603,509 |
| 2018-03-31 | 14,700,705 | 15,349,469 |
| 2019-03-31 | 16,494,350 | 16,631,384 |
| 2020-03-31 | 21,172,015 | 20,948,788 |
| 2021-03-31 | 50,951,056 | 49,662,968 |
| 2022-03-31 | 39,010,559 | 35,513,720 |
| 2023-03-31 | 35,015,959 | 33,230,639 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 105 | 108 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 4 | 3 |
| Volunteers | 84 | 42 |
| Trustees | 14 |
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 | - | - |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | - | - |
| Income from charitable activities | 32.9 | 35.7 |
| Income from other trading activities | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Income from investments | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Other income | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| Total | 35.0 | 39.0 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Spending on raising funds | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 32.6 | 35.0 |
| Charitable activities | 32.6 | 35.0 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 33.2 | 35.5 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 1.8 | 3.5 |
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 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Cash | 13.6 | 20.3 |
| Other current assets | 17.4 | 13.0 |
| 31.1 | 33.3 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (8.9) | (11.9) |
| Net current assets | 22.2 | 21.4 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 22.5 | 21.7 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (7.5) | (8.4) |
| Net assets (excluding pension scheme) | 15.0 | 13.3 |
| Defined benefit pension scheme | - | 1.2 |
| Net assets (including pension scheme) | 15.0 | 14.5 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 6.5 | 5.4 |
| Unrestricted funds | 8.5 | 9.1 |
| 15.0 | 14.5 | |
According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.
Received 20 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Supporting Great Ideas |
£58,323
11 months |
Energy Efficiency Fund
Jul 2023 to Jun 2024 |
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|
Department for Work and Pensions
Kickstart Scheme |
£502,405 | WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION | ||
| Comic Relief |
£1,000,000
2 years |
WCVA Comic Relief Community Fund in Wales 2021-23
May 2021 to Nov 2023 |
||
| Comic Relief |
£2,150,000
2 years |
Wales Intermediary funder
May 2020 to Nov 2021 |
||
| Comic Relief |
£2,150,000
2 years |
Wales Intermediary funder
Feb 2019 to Nov 2021 |
||
|
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Resilient Heritage |
£249,600 | Grant to WCVA | ||
|
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Resilient Heritage |
£9,900 | Grant to WCVA | ||
|
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales
08 National Programme |
£15,000
9 months |
Grant to Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)
Apr 2018 to Apr 2019 |
||
|
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Resilient Heritage |
£9,900 | Grant to WCVA | ||
|
Nesta
Y Lab - Digital Innovation Fund Wales |
£2,000
1 month |
AC00542
Mar 2016 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Cabinet Office (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Comic Relief (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Nesta (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund (5 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Spirit of 2012 (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (8 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
View this organisation's 360Giving published grants on GrantNav.
| 2024 | 16 grants | £1,616,479 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 180 grants | £31,629,585 |
| 2022 | 377 grants | £23,057,445 |
| 2021 | 598 grants | £29,647,442 |
| 2020 | 559 grants | £34,261,556 |
| 2019 | 144 grants | £7,037,145 |
| 2018 | 136 grants | £8,962,709 |
| 2017 | 92 grants | £6,151,050 |
| 2016 | 87 grants | £4,684,539 |
| 2015 | 15 grants | £828,524 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Wales Council for Voluntary Action (2,204 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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