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
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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
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SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025
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The tnjstees, bein8 the directors of the charitable company, p￿sent 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 Se￿iceS 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
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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 Se￿iCe 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=
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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.
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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 ACt￿lt*S
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 Ap￿1 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
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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 liabil￿￿18$
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 a￿*1 wKler
sed￿n 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 8￿Jrt of rts accounts the
Com¥year in question in x¢C*dan¢e￿h *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 acCo￿lat￿￿ th the spe(aa WD¥iSit￿S rdabrKJ to smal
companEs Subject lo the smal coMpan￿s. regiffle.
The accounts hav& been prepared in aC¢C*danc*￿11h the srecia Wo￿$1¢*)5 relating 10 smal
(x>tnpanies y￿thin 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 t￿ard 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 a￿￿darK￿¥&lkn the CompanE5 A
f(Y Sm¥lkr Enli1￿$. and in accordarKe wth SORP IFRS I￿￿) Lhe Fin￿al RepNtirvJ Stan￿￿
Smau Entilrds l&ffe¢tiv& April 20151.
Format
Company has taken advantage ofthe rrisv)ns of the Compan*s 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 reS￿t 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
UttrÈstr*cted
2024
DOnat￿nS
We51 N(Wthampt(N￿Ire 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 NorthampI￿￿1re Cmal
Hope Enterprises
Brac￿eY 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 g￿erated trom office space lo ageroes in bcdh Ttr*resler ￿ Bracw
Vdunieer Cenlres. from hiriw fees fort￿ meeting room a TtyKea¥V(*JM* Cwtre.
minibus Ir￿Me and from (x)nsuhanry se[vi￿S provid￿.
SNVB Consultancy inctY))e
Room hire
11.4YJ
Miscellaneous incorne
2.634
14,886

SOUTH NORTHANTS VOLUNTEER BUREAU
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Notes to the Accounts
for the endod 31 Mar¢h 2025
Expenditure charitsble aCti￿tieS
202S
2024
rect Costs
Project managetnent chatges
Opening baL￿n￿ 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 0￿ra￿ng 10098$
Thp v0￿￿teer C*e 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 Ins￿ra￿e
Efft[th)￿ National Ir￿Uran
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 betw*en funds
￿4￿n¢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 ap￿Irner
f(Y Ihose in need.
NESS was a Se￿￿ fundpd by the Warm H(xnes FUNI ￿1th Yh*K)m SNVB pthted to delver tothe
comtnunty. This project has n(wi ceased.
Garden ButhJ*s is a sUb￿dised garden mairtenan¢e stheme most Tr￿neth in w commulty.
Past fundswere used to sUPPOrt the original project ind￿l[￿j emthing staff. This whas seen the IKvJin
I￿OIeC1 thse. ￿ a vdunleer4ed atemative be esIatAi%t￿l.
Community Connect is a NalK)nal Lotteryfurwjed projed funds 4ye*s st*try i) Marth 2024.
lo provKle ac￿s￿t￿e ad￿ce and supFxKt to in(*¥￿u￿S are (wtvj finatKaa hardshy.
isolalK)n. drfF￿u￿Y navpjaling informabon oThlne. and (*herdW1e￿e
SNVBFocrfJ rdales to our CommuNty L¥ders frt¥n Ro•Ye rtrdtsbiLxJtesf(KMJ
Kl gro￿￿eS that Va)L*J 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 seNtsr*J 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
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Notes to the Accounts
for the ear ended 31 March 2025
13 Trusteos and Employment
2025
2024
Gross saL8nès
Emloyerfs NatioD4 Ins￿¢9
Ern￿oYerS Contribjtso￿s
272.
15,408
11.114
243.584
10.723
299,426
263.253
No em￿oyee ￿ed in excess of£60.(KMJ during Ihe year.
During the year the trustees re(xved no retnuneration12024." £nll. Thp tota eXp￿￿1￿u[￿
reimbursed to Ihe Injslees amounted lo £nl12024". Eryll.
14 SHARE CAPITALAND TRUSTEES LLABILITY
The company is limited by guarantee and d￿S not have a sh¥e (wita.
In event of the company being Wtyj￿ up, every Itusiee. whAsi a IDJaee
wthin one year of ￿asIr￿j to be a twstee. utKJertakes lo c￿trt￿lxrte a
Ma￿muM 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 d*e(iors. the names clvjhxn *e
shovm on page 1 to the accounts.
16 Contlllgent Liability
The cotnpany pays penS￿n Ixthbubons lo The PensK)ns TtU5t. The S(*eme Aciuatyhas WOYKled
annual update of Ihe tXWLrt funding Fxjsrt￿n of the Growth Flan as al 30 September 2021. The
Scheme has a deficrt ￿ a ￿y-(￿ basis. Tris means knal rf Sc*Ah Nortwls Vcknlw BU￿8￿ hwe
lo *￿thdr&¥frOM th& Scf*me. a ￿lthdr￿1 i&SlitywtyJhl artse. The esbm*ed habfjtyf<
the cotnpany as at 30 Septetnber 2023 was thlaled a5 É5.52412023 É6.291).
Should the company ￿￿￿draw. the aclua liablity be rec￿c￿ated al the dale rflhe %¥1￿￿tr￿a.
During the year Énil addit￿nal payment {2024 £767.101 has rn￿e lo red￿thi% IHbltyon the hist(xKxl
Pension &thetne, cknsed in 2011.
This liabilty is not prowded in the a￿￿u￿13 as the debt kat*tyMI Th)t Uy3tali4e as kng as the
(￿gan￿ation 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.
SdUt￿nISe ConsuharLy Ltd £7.2￿ to SNVB thrirq the ￿.
Trustee Joy Fbnagan Is DIred￿ of Sdut￿lse C(wttaw Ltd.