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Registered charity · Kent

Council for Voluntary Service (Medway)

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £873k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Medway
Website
www.mva.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Council for Voluntary Service (Medway)
Registered
1994

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£873k£812k
  • 2023£820k£794k
  • 2022£581k£563k
Earlier years
  • 2021£466k£362k
  • 2020£319k£336k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 53% · Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE OBJECT OR PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN THE MEDWAY AREA AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:1) TO PROVIDE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF, AND DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;2) TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS 3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND LEARNING.

Grants received

6 grants · £737,810 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Pears Foundation £19,9982025-05-23
  • Barrow Cadbury Trust £21,0002018-05-24
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002015-11-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £471,1002009-01-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £6,0772007-01-22
Board analysis

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.

5.7y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7Economic/community Development/employment 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Business services 9Education 5Other services 3

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£873k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

20 from 14 in 2022
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.
62%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1042475
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 NOV 1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 NOV 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 JAN 2017
Companies House
Company number 02987866 · Active
Contact on the register
01634812850 · jane@mva.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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