Registered charity · Oakham
Voluntary Action Rutland
Voluntary Action Rutland is a registered charity (number 1123653) based in Oakham, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Carsten Pigott since 2013. Latest income £277k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £277k (2025)
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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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Rutland
- Website
- www.varutland.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Voluntary Action Rutland
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£277k£280k
- 2024£243k£253k
- 2023£271k£279k
Earlier years
- 2022£244k£272k
- 2021£244k£272k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 25% · Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A)TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF RUTLAND AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") AND , IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESSB) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT
Grants received
5 grants · £459,498 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £404,848 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000
- Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation · £4,650 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
6 trustees on the board
- Carsten Pigott Chair since 2013
- Arthur Sains NDA CDA
- Jeremy Millar since 2017
- Sarah Press since 2024
- Stewart Macdonald since 2022
- Una Ozga since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Carsten Pigott Chair since 2013
- Jeremy Millar since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Carsten Pigott Chair since 2013
- Arthur Sains NDA CDA
- Jeremy Millar since 2017
- Sarah Press since 2024
- Stewart Macdonald since 2022
- Una Ozga since 2022
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1123653
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/12/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/10/2013 as amended on 23 Jul 2015
- Companies House
- Company number 06454172 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01572 723300 · enquiries@varutland.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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