The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action

Registered charity 1001635 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 10Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 22Health and social care 5Arts and leisure 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£890k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.1 in 2021

9 from 8 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.navca.org.uk
Emailnavca@navca.org.uk
Phone01142786636
AddressTHE CIRCLE, 33 ROCKINGHAM LANE, SHEFFIELD, S1 4FW

Finances

£889,697 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,540,499£1,366,665
2022£1,355,978£1,236,966
2023£1,514,473£1,454,694
2024£436,827£720,353
2025£889,697£814,460

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN ENGLAND AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY,DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 JANUARY 1991, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 18 SEPTEMBER 1992, 17 SEPTEMBER 1993, SEPTEMBER 1998, 8 SEPTEMBER 1999, 06 SEPTEMBER 2000, 12 SEPTEMBER 2003, 07 SEPTEMBER 2005 AND 17/09/09 AND 15/10/14 as amended on 16 Nov 2023

Trustees (10)

10trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action · 02575206 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/01/1991

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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