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Vso

Voluntary Service Overseas, Vso

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
313757
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 14, 1962
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
In Any Part Of The World

Address

Address
RUSSELL COOKE SOLICITORS
2 PUTNEY HILL
LONDON
SW15 6AB

Activities

VSO IS THE WORLD'S LEADING INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY WORKING FOR CHANGE THROUGH VOLUNTEERS. VSO BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SHARE SKILLS, CREATIVITY AND LEARNING TO BUILD A FAIRER WORLD. VSO HAS PROGRAMMES IN OVER TWENTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOCUSING ON DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IN THREE THEMATIC AREAS: EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SECURE LIVELIHOODS.

Objects: The Objects For Which The Charity Is Established Are For The Public Benefit To:advance Education And To Aid In The Relief Of Poverty In Any Part Of The World;provide Humanitarian Assistance In Any Part Of The World; Promote The Effective Use Of Resources For The Purposes Of Advancing Education Or Relieving Poverty In Any Part Of The World; And Promote The Voluntary Sector; And For Those Purposes Only: To Send Volunteers To Other Countries To Share And Develop Their Skills And Understanding And To Share Their Experience With Others On Return; To Undertake Or Assist In Works And Projects Of All Kinds; And To Educate The Public Concerning The Nature, Causes, And Effects Of Poverty And The Value Of Volunteering;to Conduct And Pursue Research Concerning These Matters And To Publish Or Otherwise Make The Results Of Such Research Available To The Public.

Classification

How
Provides Human Resources, Other Charitable Activities
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Country
Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees Accounts
March 31, 2025 £24,673,000 £30,613,000 £7,879,000 407 PDF
March 31, 2024 £32,059,000 £34,522,000 £16,047,000 473 PDF
March 31, 2023 £40,397,650 £39,180,000 £18,510,000 500 PDF
March 31, 2022 £33,310,000 £38,809,000 £17,292,000 518 PDF
March 31, 2021 £49,434,000 £46,951,000 £21,637,000 660 PDF

Trustees

Name Appointed
Belay Addise Cheffik June 13, 2024
Christopher Muwanguzi Sept. 19, 2019
Geoffrey Skingsley Nov. 1, 2020
Janet Marie Muir Feb. 1, 2023
Julia Lalla-Maharajh July 14, 2020
Mashaer Bashir-Ali July 23, 2024
Susan Laura Hickey July 14, 2020