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Description
Local infrastructre organisation providing a range of services to voluntary and community organisations, including training, specialist advice (including legal, HR, volunteering, ICT) accountancy, payroll, supporting partnership working and accommodation (office, training and meeting facilities).
Also known as
- Vas
- Voluntary Action Sheffield
- Voluntary Action Sheffield
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
S1 4FW
Website
Domain
vas.org.uk
Latest income
£3,098,100 (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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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 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 223007 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Voluntary Action Sheffield (this record)
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.
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Charity and VCS support
CV» Umbrella bodiesCV103 -
Charity and VCS support
CV» VolunteeringCV104 -
Education
ED» TrainingED300 -
Education
ED» TrainingED300» IT and digitalED304 -
Housing
HO
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
Economic/community Development/employment
113
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
Other Defined Groups
206
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Human Resources
304 -
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
305 -
Provides Services
306 -
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 (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1963-10-07 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 2,524,162 | 2,952,511 |
| 2005-03-31 | 4,380,118 | 3,017,494 |
| 2006-03-31 | 3,955,419 | 3,005,395 |
| 2007-03-31 | 4,065,692 | 5,102,363 |
| 2008-03-31 | 1,938,689 | 2,007,620 |
| 2009-03-31 | 2,342,902 | 2,273,740 |
| 2010-03-31 | 2,050,305 | 2,357,271 |
| 2011-03-31 | 2,333,235 | 2,480,863 |
| 2012-03-31 | 1,863,798 | 1,887,598 |
| 2013-03-31 | 1,770,935 | 1,892,329 |
| 2014-03-31 | 1,584,243 | 1,787,640 |
| 2015-03-31 | 1,479,020 | 1,521,258 |
| 2016-03-31 | 1,395,216 | 1,436,806 |
| 2017-03-31 | 2,099,113 | 1,866,864 |
| 2018-03-31 | 2,178,336 | 2,148,094 |
| 2019-03-31 | 1,584,787 | 1,516,355 |
| 2020-03-31 | 1,711,895 | 1,536,694 |
| 2021-03-31 | 2,958,124 | 2,604,284 |
| 2022-03-31 | 2,391,200 | 1,872,497 |
| 2023-03-31 | 3,098,100 | 2,455,385 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 54 | 46 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | 75 | 73 |
| Trustees | 11 |
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 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 14.6 | 33.8 |
| Legacies | - | 104.4 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 14.6 | 138.2 |
| Income from charitable activities | 3,083.5 | 2,253.0 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | - | - |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 3,098.1 | 2,391.2 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 10.5 | 10.0 |
| Spending on raising funds | 10.5 | 10.0 |
| Grants to institutions | 726.2 | 457.2 |
| Other charitable activities | 1,718.7 | 1,405.3 |
| Charitable activities | 2,444.9 | 1,862.5 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 2,455.4 | 1,872.5 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 642.7 | 518.7 |
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 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 1,904.0 | 1,935.0 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 1,904.0 | 1,935.0 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 1,398.4 | 1,049.8 |
| Other current assets | 696.4 | 469.0 |
| 2,094.8 | 1,518.8 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (227.9) | (251.4) |
| Net current assets | 1,866.9 | 1,267.3 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 3,770.9 | 3,202.3 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (367.0) | (430.4) |
| Net assets (excluding pension scheme) | 3,404.0 | 2,771.9 |
| Defined benefit pension scheme | - | (10.6) |
| Net assets (including pension scheme) | 3,404.0 | 2,761.2 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 1,450.0 | 902.9 |
| Unrestricted funds | 1,953.9 | 1,858.3 |
| 3,404.0 | 2,761.2 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 245,158 | 209,952 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Number of government contracts | 2 | 1 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 1,328,545 | 1,144,976 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 42.9% | 47.9% |
| Number of government grants | 9 | 12 |
Received 14 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
RC Yorkshire and Humber Region |
£334,761
3 years |
New Beginnings Project
May 2023 to May 2026 |
||
|
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£25,000
1 month |
Grant to VOLUNTARY ACTION SHEFFIELD | ||
|
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£250,000
3 years |
Grant to VOLUNTARY ACTION SHEFFIELD | ||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
RC Yorkshire and Humber Region |
£100,000
5 months |
VAS Sheffield VCS Covid response coordination 2020
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 |
||
|
Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2020 |
£1,057,043 | Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2020 | ||
|
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Migration and Integration - Shared Ground Fund |
£110,000
2 years |
Cohesion Sheffield: Living Together
Apr 2019 to Apr 2021 |
||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Reaching Communities |
£445,451
3 years |
New Beginnings
Jul 2019 to Jul 2022 |
||
|
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Migration and Integration - Shared Ground Fund |
£60,000
2 years |
Sheffield Together Cohesion Hub: Valuing and Welcoming people
Apr 2017 to Apr 2019 |
||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Reaching Communities |
£433,792
2 years |
New Beginnings
Jul 2016 to Jun 2019 |
||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Reaching Communities |
£25,284
11 months |
New Arrivals New Beginnings
Mar 2016 to Feb 2017 |
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
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (8 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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