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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-313757 .
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Description

Vso is the world's leading independent international development agency working for change through volunteers. vso brings people together to share skills, creativity and learning to build a fairer world. Vso has programmes in over twenty developing countries focusing on delivering sustainable change in three thematic areas: education, health and secure livelihoods.

Also known as

  • Voluntary Service Overseas
  • Vso
  • VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas)
  • Voluntary Service Overseas
  • Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

CCEW Charity number

313757

Company number

00703509

Registered

Postcode

SW15 6AB

Website

vsointernational.org

Domain

vsoint.org

Latest income

£40,397,650 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Area of operation outside the UK

  • Bangladesh
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Ireland
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Cambodia
  • Myanmar
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Nigeria
  • Netherlands
  • Nepal
  • Philippines
  • Pakistan
  • Rwanda
  • Sierra Leone
  • Thailand
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Uganda
  • South Africa
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Registered Office in the UK

Vso

GB-CHC-313757

Linked records

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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 2 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-313757 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 313757 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Vso (this record)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-04-25

Vso

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Last updated 2024-04-20

British Executive Service Overseas (inactive)

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Voluntary Service Overseas (inactive)

Organisation record from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
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Vso

GB-CHC-313757

Themes and activities

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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.

  • International activities G30

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 » Volunteering CV104
  • Economic and community development EC » International development EC103
  • Education ED
  • Health HE

Theme (CCEW)

  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205
  • Other Defined Groups 206

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Other Charitable Activities 310

Scale of operation

  • Overseas

Vso

GB-CHC-313757

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1962-02-14 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 32,600,000 32,533,000
2005-03-31 33,801,000 32,992,000
2006-03-31 38,954,000 37,354,000
2007-03-31 40,205,000 40,137,000
2008-03-31 43,099,000 43,673,000
2009-03-31 49,529,000 48,509,000
2010-03-31 53,009,000 49,376,000
2011-03-31 54,675,000 53,846,000
2012-03-31 55,981,000 54,321,000
2013-03-31 57,080,000 59,419,000
2014-03-31 68,713,000 68,227,000
2015-03-31 77,012,000 73,482,000
2016-03-31 81,232,000 73,350,000
2017-03-31 78,430,000 75,647,000
2018-03-31 73,545,000 75,747,000
2019-03-31 63,027,000 64,092,000
2020-03-31 60,186,000 61,948,000
2021-03-31 49,434,000 46,951,000
2022-03-31 33,310,000 38,809,000
2023-03-31 40,397,650 39,180,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Vso

GB-CHC-313757

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 500 518
Employees paid more than £60,000 29 29
Volunteers 105 69
Trustees 7
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Vso

GB-CHC-313757

Statement of Financial Activities

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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 30.6 23.6
Legacies 0.4 0.5
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 31.0 24.1
Income from charitable activities 9.0 8.9
Income from other trading activities 0.3 0.3
Income from investments 0.1 0.0
Other income - -
Total 40.4 33.3
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 5.1 4.6
Spending on raising funds 5.1 4.6
Grants to institutions 3.6 3.7
Other charitable activities 30.5 30.5
Charitable activities 34.1 34.2
Other spending - 0.0
Total 39.2 38.8
Net income / (expenditure) 1.2 (5.5)

Vso

GB-CHC-313757

Balance sheet

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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 0.1 0.2
Investment assets - -
0.1 0.2
Current assets
Current investment assets 7.3 7.0
Cash 10.0 8.4
Other current assets 5.2 6.8
22.4 22.1
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (2.4) (3.3)
Net current assets 20.1 18.8
Total assets less current liabilities 20.1 19.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (1.3) (1.2)
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 18.9 17.9
Defined benefit pension scheme (0.4) (0.6)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 18.5 17.3
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 6.4 3.7
Unrestricted funds 12.1 13.6
18.5 17.3

Vso

GB-CHC-313757

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts - 67,000
Government contracts as % of total income - 0.2%
Number of government contracts - 1
Government grants
Income from government grants 12,967,000 15,655,543
Government grants as % of total income 32.1% 47.0%
Number of government grants 3 17

Vso

GB-CHC-313757

Grants received

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Received 24 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The Grocers' Charity £10,000 2023 Grant - VSO
The Grocers' Charity £10,000 2022-Voluntary Services Overseas
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Volunteering For Development
£9,000,000 One year extension of the Volunteering for Development (V4D) programme
The Grocers' Charity £10,000 2021 - VSO
The Grocers' Charity £10,000 2020 VSO
The National Lottery Community Fund
International
£49,730
9 months
Resilient livelihood disability inclusion co design project
Jul 2018 to Apr 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Integrated Programme for Strengthening Security and Justice
£1,220,032 Strengthening Access To Holistic, Gender Responsive, And Accountable Justice In Nepal (SAHAJ)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Integrated Programme for Strengthening Security and Justice
£304,900 Strengthening Access To Holistic, Gender Responsive, And Accountable Justice In Nepal (SAHAJ)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Volunteering For Development
£11,815,033 Volunteering for Development (V4D)
Comic Relief £417,543
2 years
Unlocking Talent Through Technology, Malawi
Jul 2016 to Feb 2019

Data source

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Vso

GB-CHC-313757

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