The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Vast Services (1920)

Registered charity 1049663 Registered since 1995

Operates: Staffordshire

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2.5y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

11
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 12General Charitable Purposes 12Economic/community Development/employment 11Disability 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 11Business services 3Education 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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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£1.7m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.3 in 2021

30 from 28 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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.vast.org.uk
Emailinfo@vast.org.uk
Phone01782 683030
AddressVAST, The Dudson Centre, Hope Street, STOKE-ON-TRENT

Finances

£1,727,896 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,131,214£980,794
2022£1,326,767£1,188,367
2023£1,374,638£1,412,995
2024£1,289,088£1,279,904
2025£1,727,896£1,698,809

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

To promote any charitable purposes for the public benefit of the community within Staffordshire, the West Midlands and surrounding areas with particular reference to Stoke-on-Trent; and in particular the advancement of education, the advancement of heritage, the advancement of health, the advancement of citizenship or community development and the prevention or relief of poverty.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/03/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/10/1995AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/10/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/03/2005AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 30/11/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 05/12/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/12/2015 as amended on 07 Dec 2020 as amended on 14 Sep 2022

Trustees (12)

12trustees
65median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Vast Services (1920) · 02000818 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/03/1986

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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