# ROYAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1015988
- **Other names:** WOMENS ROYAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE, WRVS, W R V S
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 31, 1992
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1015988


## Contact

- **Address:** Royal Voluntary Service, 29 Charles Street, STOKE-ON-TRENT
- **Postcode:** ST1 3JP
- **Phone:** 02920739119
- **Email:** catherine.nightingale@royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk
- **Website:** www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS, SUFFERING OR NEED AMONG ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY ALL CHARITABLE MEANS AND PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING:- (I) ASSISTANCE LARGELY IN KIND AND FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY; (II) ASSISTANCE IN KIND TO VICTIMS OF EMERGENCIES OR DISASTERS; (III) ADVICE AND FACILITIES TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE IN HOSPITAL, IN PRISON OR IN THE ARMED SERVICES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND (B) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 28, 2025 | £41481000 | £39281000 | £16448000 | 680 |
| March 28, 2024 | £42359000 | £41572000 | £14248000 | 663 |
| March 28, 2023 | £38475000 | £39984000 | £13461000 | 910 |
| March 28, 2022 | £35939000 | £40179000 | £14970000 | 755 |
| March 28, 2021 | £36068000 | £37239000 | £19210000 | 909 |



## Trustees

- Bamidele Oluwole Adeleye — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Brigid Ann Sutcliffe — appointed Feb. 1, 2026
- Dianne Elisabeth Hughes — appointed Sept. 19, 2024
- Dr Justin Paul Davis-Smith CBE — appointed May 1, 2020
- Helen Buckingham — appointed Dec. 1, 2023
- Jeremy Michael Hughes — appointed Dec. 1, 2023
- Margaret Ann Moore — appointed May 1, 2020
- Matthew Dev Moorut — appointed May 1, 2020
- Nicola Jane Wyndham Wadham — appointed Dec. 1, 2023
- Patrick Eamon Dunne OBE — appointed Dec. 8, 2023
- Richard Robert Williams — appointed May 20, 2020
- Sara Mubasshir — appointed Dec. 1, 2023