# VOLUNTEERING MATTERS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 291222
- **Other names:** COMMUNITY SERVICE TRUST, CSV, CSV (COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 22, 1985
- **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=291222


## Contact

- **Address:** The Levy Centre, 22-24 Lower Clapton Road, London
- **Postcode:** E5 0PD
- **Phone:** 02037805870
- **Email:** info@volunteeringmatters.org.uk
- **Website:** www.volunteeringmatters.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 2 Objects2.1 The Charity's objects are restricted specifically, in each case, only for the public benefit to:(a) The advancement of community development for the public benefit through the promotion of volunteering. (b) the advancement of education and training including (but without limitation) of persons who, due to their social or economic circumstances or otherwise, are in need and unable to gain employment in the United Kingdom.2.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom including (without limitation) an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

**Activities:** TO ENABLE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE TO BE ACTIVE CITIZENS AND PLAY A ROLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH  VOLUNTEERING. WE DEVELOP AND DELIVER HIGH IMPACT VOLUNTEER-LED SOLUTIONS TO TACKLE SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGES FACING INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TODAY. WE FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF FOUR DISTINCT COMMUNITIES; OLDER AND RETIRED PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLE, VULNERABLE FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

**Area of benefit:** IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR THE UK




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £5695000 | £5815000 | £1317000 | 142 |
| March 31, 2024 | £5979000 | £6585000 | £1437000 | 155 |
| March 31, 2023 | £22827000 | £14478000 | £993000 | 197 |
| March 31, 2022 | £7333000 | £7778000 | £-7326000 | 188 |
| March 31, 2021 | £5202000 | £5548000 | £1769000 | 122 |



## Trustees

- **Dr Peta Foxall** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 10, 2024
- Christopher Ivan Ridgers — appointed March 5, 2026
- Julie-Anne Jamieson — appointed April 1, 2021
- Katrina Lambert — appointed March 17, 2020
- Kostakis Bouzoukas — appointed March 5, 2026
- Moawia Bin-Sufyan — appointed Sept. 28, 2023
- Simon Judge — appointed March 17, 2020
- Sophie Colella — appointed March 5, 2026
- Zara Todd — appointed March 17, 2020