Registered charity · Mitcham
Merton Voluntary Service Council
- 7 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
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
- Where
- Merton
- Website
- www.mvsc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Merton Voluntary Service Council
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.7m
- 2024£1.7m£1.4m
- 2023£1.5m£1.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.4m£1.5m
- 2021£1.5m£1.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 57% · Government grants 36%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON AND ITS ENVIRONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND, IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS 2. TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE. 3. TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN THIRD SECTOR, STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Grants received
17 grants · £1,434,521 total360Giving 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
- City Bridge Trust · £875,440 (5 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £352,125 (3 grants)
- The Wimbledon Foundation · £137,956 (7 grants)
- Trust for London · £54,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Asha Newsum since 2021
- Jennifer Mary Goddard since 2022
- Judith Brodie since 2024
- Karen Louise Peck since 2025
- Omar Talal Daair since 2025
- Preeya Parmar since 2025
- Simon Hughes since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Asha Newsum since 2021
- Jennifer Mary Goddard since 2022
- Judith Brodie since 2024
- Karen Louise Peck since 2025
- Omar Talal Daair since 2025
- Preeya Parmar since 2025
- Simon Hughes since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1085867
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/02/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/11/2015 as amended on 23 Jan 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 04164949 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02086851771 · info@mertonconnected.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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