# VAST SERVICES (1920)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1049663
- **Other names:** STOKE-ON-TRENT COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE LIMITED, VAST SERVICES, VOLUNTARY ACTION STOKE-ON-TRENT, VOLUNTARY ACTION STOKE ON TRENT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 5, 1995
- **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=1049663


## Contact

- **Address:** VAST, The Dudson Centre, Hope Street, STOKE-ON-TRENT
- **Phone:** 01782 683030
- **Email:** info@vast.org.uk
- **Website:** www.vast.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** To promote any charitable purposes for the public benefit of the community within Staffordshire, the West Midlands and surrounding areas with particular reference to Stoke-on-Trent; and in particular the advancement of education, the advancement of heritage, the advancement of health, the advancement of citizenship or community development and the prevention or relief of poverty.

**Activities:** Development and support services for local voluntary and community organisations.

**Area of benefit:** COMMUNITY WITHIN STAFFORDSHIRE AND THE WEST MIDLANDS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO STOKE-ON-TRENT.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Staffordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1727896 | £1698809 | £506649 | 30 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1289088 | £1279904 | £477562 | 30 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1374638 | £1412995 | £468378 | 31 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1326767 | £1188367 | £506735 | 29 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1131214 | £980794 | £368335 | 28 |



## Trustees

- **NEIL DAWSON** (Chair)
- Catherine Jones — appointed Sept. 13, 2023
- Clifford John Hathaway MBE — appointed Sept. 13, 2023
- Hayley Currie — appointed Sept. 11, 2024
- John Farrar — appointed Sept. 13, 2023
- Joseph Varley-Martin — appointed Sept. 13, 2023
- Melanie Jane Dunn — appointed Sept. 11, 2024
- Michael Robert Stubbs — appointed Sept. 11, 2024
- Pooja Batta — appointed Sept. 13, 2023
- Robert Craddock — appointed Sept. 11, 2024
- Simon Harris — appointed Sept. 11, 2024
- Sophie Louise Barber — appointed March 18, 2026
- Timothy Edwards — appointed June 30, 2022