The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Volunteer Friends

Registered charity 1098366 Registered since 2003

Operates: Warwickshire

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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.

6 trustees on the board

4.8y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Economic/community Development/employment 6Education/training 6

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 8Arts and leisure 2Hospitality 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£209k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.volunteerfriends.org.uk
Emailinfo@volunteerfriends.org.uk
Phone02476315151
AddressDARLASTON HOUSE, 4 SCHOOL ROAD, BULKINGTON, BEDWORTH, WARWICKSHIRE, CV12 9JB

Finances

£208,649 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£164,948£101,881
2022£121,340£116,966
2023£150,908£124,857
2024£180,372£151,412
2025£208,649£156,762

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL INHABITANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROTECT HEALTH, RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND ADVANCE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE. FOR THESE PURPOSES BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE COMPANY SHALL:I. ADVISE AND GUIDE PERSONS WILLING TO VOLUNTEER.II. PROVIDE A CENTRE.III. ADVISE AND GUIDE ORGANISATIONS REGARDING ISSUES RELATING TO THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF VOLUNTEERS.IV. PUBLICISE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.V. PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITY BY RECRUITING, MOTIVATING, SUPPORTING AND ENABLING THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT TO TAKE A FULLER PART IN SOCIETY, TO TAKE GREATER CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES AND TO INCREASE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 DECEMBER 2002 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 5 JUNE 2003 AND 25 APRIL 2006.AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18 MAY 2017

Trustees (6)

6trustees
71median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Volunteer Friends · 04609837 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/12/2002

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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