The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum

Registered charity 1111169 Registered since 2005

Operates: Cornwall, Isles Of Scilly

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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.

8 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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.

General Charitable Purposes 8Other Charitable Purposes 8Disability 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.

Professional services 6Arts and leisure 1Education 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£5.7m 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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.3 in 2021

25 from 7 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.
99%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Websitehttps://cornwallvsf.org/
Emailoffice@cornwallvsf.org
Phone01209 310623
AddressTHE ELMS, 61 GREEN LANE, REDRUTH, CORNWALL, TR15 1LS

Finances

£5,742,920 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£424,656£251,296
2022£3,204,696£145,419
2023£966,715£772,873
2024£1,489,542£2,644,921
2025£5,742,920£1,974,727

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

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

Charitable objects

2.1 The Charity's objects throughout the County of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are the promotion of the VCSE Sector for the benefit of the public including but not limited to:(a) liaising between VCSE Organisations, statutory agencies and other groups on relevant issues;(b) co-ordinating and facilitating partnership working and service delivery between VCSE Organisations, statutory agencies and other relevant groups (including as but not limited to the Charity acting as accountable body in connection with commissioning activity in the VCSE Sector);(c) providing training, conferences and seminars on subjects relevant to the efficiency of the VCSE sector;(d) identifying needs in the VCSE sector and establishing projects or policies to address them;(e) providing information to the press and the public on the operation of, or problems encountered by, the VCSE sector;(f) providing support services and guidance to and for the VCSE Sector;(g) providing advice and information on fundraising techniques appropriate for VCSE Organisations; and(h) acting as a representative of the VCSE Sector in relation to steering government policies and legislation.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/02/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/07/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/10/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 NOV 2017 as amended on 12 Jun 2024

Trustees (8)

8trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum · 05371203 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/02/2005

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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