CHARITY REGISTERED NUMBER: 1104848 COMPANY REGISTERED NUMBER: 5068116 SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU ANNUAL REPORT AND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025 Tove Accountancy Ltd Office 6, Town Hall 86 Watling Street East Towcester Northants NN12 6BS Page 1
SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU LEGALAND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Registered Charity No. Company number 1104848 5068116 Directorsnrustees Alexander Lohman (Chairl Joy Flanagan (Vice Chair) Elizabeth Crussell Rosie Herring Peter Rawlinson Alan Jones Resigned 22 July 2024 Resigned 26th June 2024 Resigned 26th June 2024 Michael Crouch Theodora Hayward Company Secretary Helen Barrett Honorary Treasurer Joy Flanagan Principal Address The Volunteer Centre Riverside Centre Islington Road Towcester NN12 6AU Independent Examiners Tove Accountancy Office 6. Town Hall 86 Watling Street East Towcester NN12 6BS Bankers Barclays Bank plc 102 Watling Street Towcester NN12 7DZ Page 2
SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025 Page 3 The tnjstees, bein8 the directors of the charitable company, psent their report and the financial ststements for the year ended 31st March 2025. Strurture. Governance and Management SNVB Ltd is a charitable company limited by guarantee and was incorporated on 9 March 2004. It 15 governed by a Board of Trustee5 who are a150 company director5. Key appoirrtments are made at the AGM each year. The Memorandum and Articles of Association provide the governing document for the charity which states there must be at least three Trustees, but it may appoint up to a maximum of 20 Trustees rf required. The Board of Trustees actively seeks to recruit new Trustees from the community. and on appointment. new Trustees receive an induction process covering the role and responsibilities of Trustees. Appropriate training is offered to all Trustees on a regular basis. Mission Statement To promote, encourage and support voluntary artivity to meet community need across South Northamptonshire. Objectives and activities The charitable objectives of our charity are to.. Provide a focus for voluntary organisations in the district and a forum for dialogue both within the sector and between voluntary and other sectors. Recruit, place and support volunteers in the area. and promote good practice among volunteers using agencies. Work in partnership with others to ensure the development of high-quality SeiceS in the area. Manage services which respond to local needs. where appropriate. Support communities to respond to identified need. Manage all our resources. including employing sufficient. appropriately-trained andlor experienced staff, to ensure that our activities are carried out effectively. Prinapal activities have been: Provision of infrastructure 5UPPOrt to local voluntary and community organisations in South Northampton5hire including outreach infrastructure 5UPPOrt work to enable local communities to develop service5 which meet the need5 they have identified. Support a voluntary sector forum to enable local voluntary community, faith and social enterprise IVCFSEI sector groups to share views and discuss issues. Coordinated volunteer brokerage by the recruitment and placement of volunteers and support to user agencies. including the maintenance of high standards in the management of volunteers. Continued management of two Community Food Larder projects to prevent food going to landfill and enabling distribution to over 1000 local people per month in need of support with food provision. Continued providing a volunteer-led gardening maintenance service to the older and most vulnerable members of our community through the Garden Buddies project. Continued providing a volunteer-led car service transporting people in the rural community to medical appointments through the Brackley Area Volunteer Car Service. Commenced our Community Connect seNice. funded by the National Lottery. providing accessible advice and support to individuals who are coping with financial hardship. social isolation. difficulty navigating information online. and other challenoes In setting our objectives and planning our activities. the Trustees have given consideration to the Charities Commission's general guidance on public benefit.
SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU Page 4 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025 Achievements and Performance Our core business as a Local Infrastructure Organisation Ilioi is supporting other voluntary and community groups in South Northamptonshire. We work in partnership with both Daventry Volunteer Centre IDVCI and Volunteer Impact Northampton IVINI. Up until this financial year, we have been in receipt of grant funding from West NorthamptonshI Council IWNCI to provide some of this support. We have Continued to exceed the targets in that agreement during 2024-25, generating over £800,000 worth of social value for local residents. However, at the start of 2024. WNC removed the direct grant paid to each to each Local 1nfrastrUrtu Organisation ILIOI for Local Infrastructure Services in 2024-2025. A new agreement was reached which saw funds distributed to the LIO'S via a single agency as defined within the partnership agreement between VIN. SNVB and DVC instead. Alongside wider challenges affecting the sector, this change led the Board of Trustees to initiate a financial appraisal and strategic review of the charitv to explore the options for creating a more financially sustainable charity that would enable us to continue to 'put our beneficiaries first,. The core local infrastructure work has evolved from providing a volunteer brokerage service recruitin8 and placing volunteers in the local area, to include the direct coordination of multiple social action community groups. The volunteer brokerage work, however, continues as part of wider community services now offered by SNVB. Social Action Community Groups This year has seen an increase in membership of our Community Larders with over I.0 members per month using the larders across the communities in and around Towcester and Roade. Our Community Transport minibus is now completely dedicated to our Community Food Larder project collecting food parcels from storage and delivering to local centres from where volunteers provide the food to residents in need. We have supplemented this transport with a hired chiller van. which keeps surplus food fresh during transport. Aligned to our Community Food Larder, our Community Connert project provides acce55ible advice and support to individua15 who are coping with financial hardship, social isolation. difficulty navigating information online, and other challenges. Support Is provided by direct contact with our two Welfare Workers. They operate from multiple venues including the Food Larder location5. During the last year our team supported over 1000 individuals. Our Senior Welfare Worker successfully distributed Household Support Fund Vouchers to residents in financial need, to help support them during the current C05t of living cri515. The Brackley Area Volunteer Car Service has continued to grow during the year with over 400 members now benefiting from this very valuable voluntary car service. Our 40 loyal volunteer drivers have covered 3748journeys and more than 40.000 miles in the year. Our Garden Buddies project reached the end of its period of funding from the National Lottery in the early part of the year. We spent time evaluating our operating model and raising new funding to enable a volunteer-led service to be established. Whilst workload reduces over the winter months. we will continue to develop this SeiCe in the spring and summer of 2026. Additionally. we secured a small amount of funding via 'Awards for All. We organised several social events for our more vulnerable and isolated members to reduce social isolation and encourage inclusion which reached 59 of our Garden Buddy members. We submit half yearly and annual reports to the National Lottery on all of the projects we operate using their funding. On all of those projects we are exceeding the outcomes required. In what wa5 another extraordinary year, our Staff and volunteer5 delivered a very valuable contribution to our community helping people in need to combat loneline55, food poverty and social isolation. Particular mention is made to the fact that SNVB wa5 nominated and won the award for Building Better Communities from Northampton Community Foundation awards. Thanks go to our amazing staff and volunteers who work relentlessly to make lives better for others.
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU Page 5 I report to the trustees on my examination of the account5 of SoLrth Northants Volunteer Bureau for the year ended 31st March 2025. RespectNe responsibilities of trustees and examiner The trustees Iwho are a150 directors of the company for the purwJse5 of company lawl are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) and that an Independent Examinatiori 15 needed. Having satisfied myself that the company is not subjert to an audit under company law and is eligible for Independent Examination, it is my responsibility to- Examine the accounts under Sertion 45 of the Charities Act 2011 Follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charwty Commission under Section 14515llbl of the Act as amended. and State whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures of the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given a5 to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view,. and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matter5 have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respert= i) 21 31 accounting records were not kept in accordance with the companies section 386 of the 2006 Act,. or the accounts do not accord with those records- or the accounts do not comply wwth the accounting requirements of Sertion 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an Independent examination- or the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021. 41 I have no concern5 and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 13th August 2025 Donna Rowan Gold Date For and on behalf of= Tove Accountancy Ltd Office 6, Town Hall, 86 Watling Street East, Towcester. Northants. NN12 6BS
SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU Pago 6 Statement of Financial Activities for th• aar andèd 31 March 2025 2025 Income Grants & Donations Charitable activitses 46.882 4.879 46,882 548.212 87 995 54.484 142.479 373.998 441.863 57.&33 67,865 Totsi incomo 57.333 537.7 1.8e1) 428.462 584.242 Expendithre Raising Funds Chariktde ACtltS 89.266 19.018 537.250 626.516 19.018 119.826 25,185 369.169 488.995 25.185 108.284 537.2 145,011 369.169 514.180 Net movement in fund5 I.851) 510 I.441) 10.849 59.313 70.162 R8con¢iliation olfund8 Balances brought forward at l Ap1 2024 Opening bal adjusts))ents 186.983 182.3( 369.291 176.134 122.995 299.129 252 11.6631 Balances Garried forward 17&72 134.117 183.070 317.187 186.983 182.308 369.291 at 31 Mar¢h 2025 l income and expenditure dprive from uJntinuiTVJ athibps. Thk8 statement offinanual aclivrties KJude$ 1 gans and k)sses recowised (knrMJ theyear.
SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU Page 7 Balanca Sh8at at 31 March 2025 Compary rxjmber. 5068116 Unrestricted Re8titted funds lund5 Resth¢tsd funds 2025 lund5 2024 Fixed a880ts Curr•Trt assets Debtors Cash al bank and in harKJ Total current assets 2.377 137.581 139.958 252 194 201 194.453 2.629 331.782 334.410 11.395 179.231 190.626 13.399 184,573 363.804 186.577 377.203 Curront liabil18$ Amount5 falling due within 1 year Total current liabilities io 5.841 5.841 11.382 11.382 17.223 17.223 3,643 3.643 4,268 4.268 7.911 7.911 Net as8Ots 134.117 183.070 317.187 186.983 182,309 369.292 Charity Funds UnrestrictedlRestrKted 134.117 183 070 317.187 186.983 182,309 369,292 For the year ending 31 March 2025 the companywas entiU&l to exeThplThftom a1 wKler sedn 4T1 of the Companies Act 2(. The dire(lors th(edge th[ responsibikties for. lil Ihe members have rb)I required the comparty lo obtain an 8Jrt of rts accounts the Com¥year in question in x¢Cdan¢eh dion 476. lill the drectors acknovAedge their responsibltEs forcomth.ry Mith Ihp wuKefflentsof the act wrth respect lo accounliw records and the ofaccmls. lill Ihese arxounls have been prepared in acColat th the spe(aa WD¥iSitS rdabrKJ to smal companEs Subject lo the smal coMpans. regiffle. The accounts hav& been prepared in aC¢Cdanc11h the srecia Wo$1¢)5 relating 10 smal (x>tnpanies ythin the Companies Arl 2(K)6. The finawal slalemenls wEre approved and aulhuise¢Y for wje by Ihe Bwd r Signed on behaf of Ihe tard of Iruslees. 1711212025 1717212025 exander Lohman Chair l Director Dale Fknajan
SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU Page 8 Notes to the Accounts for the endod 31 Mar¢h 2025 1 Accounting Policie8 The acc(xJnts have be Fwred underthe histo[ c051 Ix)n¥erikn and in adarK¥&lkn the CompanE5 A f(Y Sm¥lkr Enli1$. and in accordarKe wth SORP IFRS I) Lhe Final RepNtirvJ Stan Smau Entilrds l&ffe¢tiv& April 20151. Format Company has taken advantage ofthe rrisv)ns of the Compans Aa 2((k% and wesented penditure account in the forrn of a statement of finan(ia vIbeS on Ihp grwnds Ihat it enables Ihe financi41 slalements to sh(M a true and fair VEW of Ihe reSt for the peri(xl. Incoming Resources Incoming resources are recoJnised knfiere there is entblkmenl. ¢erf• recewt d Ihe amount be measured 1th suffK48nl h?.1ty. Resources Exp?nde Expenditure is recognised when a habiSty is in(tsre 2 Income from Grants & donations UttrÈstrcted 2024 DOnatnS We51 N(Wthampt(NIre Counal 17,637 29.245 46,882 17,637 29.245 46,882 87.995 87,995 87.995 54,484 142,479 3 Income from charitatAe aclivities: 2024 Nalv)nal Lottery Northatnplonshire Cotnmunty Foundation HS2 BAVCS grant Wesl NorthampI1re Cmal Hope Enterprises BraceY Town Warm Homes Fund 59.6L 29.238 29.238 16.542 98,169 16.542 98,169 22.21K> 22.2 55.7TI 55,777 44.128 44.128 9.5 Roade Feoffee charity NCF NFUMIS Garden Bu(klEs Plus gra SERVEABILlfl Grant Pdice, Fire & Crim& CommissK Welfare grant Local Giving Miscelaneous income HSF Fund Fees Other acknvthe5 see note 4 4.2(Kl 4.2(K) 8.(O2 8.IX)2 3255 3.25S 20.1KK> 20,( 12.217 10.CKI) 12.217 io.rn) 2.079 112,(1 144.911 21.837 2.079 154,508 144.911 21.837 14.886 548,212 42.447 169.774 169,774 7,935 67.865 373,998 441,863 14.886 57.333 67,865 67,865 4W.879 4 Income from other activibes Ths Income Is gerated trom office space lo ageroes in bcdh Ttrresler Bracw Vdunieer Cenlres. from hiriw fees fort meeting room a TtyKea¥V(JM* Cwtre. minibus IrMe and from (x)nsuhanry se[viS provid. SNVB Consultancy inctY))e Room hire 11.4YJ Miscellaneous incorne 2.634 14,886
SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU Page 9 Notes to the Accounts for the endod 31 Mar¢h 2025 Expenditure charitsble aCtitieS 202S 2024 rect Costs Project managetnent chatges Opening baLn adjustments Premises Office Running Costs 103.915 144,4631 6.521 12.966 10.327 89,266 499.3(ra 44.463 16.5211 eJ)3.223 117.435 130.6611 338,508 455.943 30,661 12.966 10.327 626,516 16,816 16,236 119,826 16.816 16.23S 369,169 488,995 537,250 6 Expenditur& Other Independent Examinati Govetn 1,5(M) 17.518 19,018 1,213 23,972 25,185 1,213 23.972 25,185 17.518 19,018 7 Tangible Fixed Assets Total Cost As at 1 Awl 2024 and 31 Marth 2025 48.703 20.120 68.823 Deprociation As at 1 Awl 2024 and 31 Mart 2025 48.703 20.120 68.823 Net Book Valuo as 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2025 8 0rang 10098$ Thp v0teer Ce in Whittons Lane. T(MY2sieris 15year aSe at rerrt of£12.IlXI commencing on 1st December 2014. X125 2024 Debtors Trade debtors Prepayments 825 1.552 5.749 5.646 11.395 6.847 6.552 13.399 2.439 2.629 906 2.377 252
SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU Notes to the Accounts for th• aar andèd 31 March 2025 Page 10 CredStors 2025 2024 Trade (Teditor& Accruals Pension P.A.Y.E. Emph)yees Nabonal Insrae Efft[th) National IrUran 224 1D.720 663 10.543 554 2.311 1.957 2.865 4.891 155 2.164 2.934 155 2.301 542 1.273 5.841 2.301 542 1.273 17,223 11.382 7.911 Restricted Fund Balance 31.03.24 ¢omSng Resources Tran$fors Rewur¢es Expended betwen funds 4n¢0 31.03.25 BAVCS NESS Garden BuddEs Community Conne Rura Welfare SNVBFotyJ Young Northatrts Garden Bu(klEs Plus 13.188 14321 49.452 26.541 62,442 ieiJ.8321 111,2441 432 18,8381 112.6911 11,6631 14.3641 14.532 129. 145.9861 1122.6991 9.160 20.859 39.894 238,443 92 435 2W 118629)) 179.4441 14.0581 I499,) 87.683 45.846 15.716 182.818 19.148 182.308 426 137,9421 537,7e Bracwey Area V(ALnteer Senric£ IBAVCSI a &knsKSsed Irawx)rt to apIrner f(Y Ihose in need. NESS was a Se fundpd by the Warm H(xnes FUNI 1th YhK)m SNVB pthted to delver tothe comtnunty. This project has n(wi ceased. Garden ButhJs is a sUbdised garden mairtenan¢e stheme most Trneth in w commulty. Past fundswere used to sUPPOrt the original project indl[j emthing staff. This whas seen the IKvJin IOIeC1 thse. a vdunleer4ed atemative be esIatAi%tl. Community Connect is a NalK)nal Lotteryfurwjed projed funds 4yes sttry i) Marth 2024. lo provKle acste adce and supFxKt to in(¥uS are (wtvj finatKaa hardshy. isolalK)n. drfFuY navpjaling informabon oThlne. and (herdW1ee SNVBFocrfJ rdales to our CommuNty L¥ders frt¥n Ro•Ye rtrdtsbiLxJtesf(KMJ Kl groeS that Va)LJ othet¥Yise gD lo laNIfiI to those most in [ed (x)mmuity. Young Northants w35 a projettfunded by West Northants Ctyjncil whocomrnissi¢)ned SNVB to support estabh'shment of a ¢hanty seNtsrJ pec in thecthjnty. Th&¥ Is cJJ)We. Garden Bu(klEs Plus ¥Yas an dfshootfrorn the man wlh our Garden Bu(kny members. 12 Unrestricted Fund5 Trattsfeys J1.1I32029 lund5 Free resetves Genera reserve 111.848 7S.135 57.333 1108.2841 60.897 75.135 188,983 57.333 1108.2841 136.032
SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU Page11 Notes to the Accounts for the ear ended 31 March 2025 13 Trusteos and Employment 2025 2024 Gross saL8nès Emloyerfs NatioD4 Ins¢9 ErnoYerS Contribjtsos 272. 15,408 11.114 243.584 10.723 299,426 263.253 No emoyee ed in excess of£60.(KMJ during Ihe year. During the year the trustees re(xved no retnuneration12024." £nll. Thp tota eXp1u[ reimbursed to Ihe Injslees amounted lo £nl12024". Eryll. 14 SHARE CAPITALAND TRUSTEES LLABILITY The company is limited by guarantee and dS not have a sh¥e (wita. In event of the company being Wtyj up, every Itusiee. whAsi a IDJaee wthin one year of asIrj to be a twstee. utKJertakes lo ctrtlxrte a MamuM of £1 to meet the liabdilies of the cofflpany_ At 31 March 2025. there were 6 tmslees. 12024'.91 ULTIMATE CONTROLUNG PARTY wmpany is uNJer the jcinl conirtl (rfits de(iors. the names clvjhxn e shovm on page 1 to the accounts. 16 Contlllgent Liability The cotnpany pays penSn Ixthbubons lo The PensK)ns TtU5t. The S(eme Aciuatyhas WOYKled annual update of Ihe tXWLrt funding Fxjsrtn of the Growth Flan as al 30 September 2021. The Scheme has a deficrt a y-( basis. Tris means knal rf ScAh Nortwls Vcknlw BU8 hwe lo thdr&¥frOM th& Scfme. a lthdr1 i&SlitywtyJhl artse. The esbmed habfjtyf< the cotnpany as at 30 Septetnber 2023 was thlaled a5 É5.52412023 É6.291). Should the company draw. the aclua liablity be reccated al the dale rflhe %¥1tra. During the year Énil additnal payment {2024 £767.101 has rne lo redthi% IHbltyon the hist(xKxl Pension &thetne, cknsed in 2011. This liabilty is not prowded in the au13 as the debt kattyMI Th)t Uy3tali4e as kng as the (ganation does notTrMlhdrawfrom the Flan. An empty[11 0 be deemed to have wlhdravm rflhey have no active memttrs remainiThJ in Plan aThJ Th) dwJitAe emrw lo*h)m lo offer membership. 17 Related Party88 Tran$a¢tfjo Related Parb&s iran$adw)ns In ye¥Y+ere as folrhvs-. 12024- ncthl. SdUtnISe ConsuharLy Ltd £7.2 to SNVB thrirq the . Trustee Joy Fbnagan Is DIred of Sdutlse C(wttaw Ltd.