Volunteer Action for Peace

Registered charity 1126368 Registered since 2008

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5 trustees on the board

Nigel John Watt Chair
Gemma Taylor since 2013
Gabrielle Messeder since 2014
John Cedric Medland since 2017
Sayaka Tanaka since 2017

10.8y median 10.5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Gemma Taylor since 2013
Gabrielle Messeder since 2014
John Cedric Medland since 2017
Sayaka Tanaka since 2017

15.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Gemma Taylor since 2013
Gabrielle Messeder since 2014
John Cedric Medland since 2017
Sayaka Tanaka since 2017

Portfolio (1)

Nigel John Watt Chair

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 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Overseas Aid/famine Relief 4Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 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 5Business services 2Health and social care 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£11k latest income

48 days

Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

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

The NST Development Trust 1 shared trustee
International Voluntary Service 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

ST Christopher (ST Kitts) and Nevis Association (Leeds) Similar size; both Human rights
AL Fitra School Similar size; both Human rights
Springhill Community Centre LTD Similar size; both Human rights
Dost Foundation UK Similar size; both Human rights

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.vap.org.uk
Email	action@vap.org.uk
Phone	0208 123 5927
Address	16 OVERHILL ROAD, LONDON, SE22 0PH

Finances

£11,210 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£48,103	£42,646
2021	£54,625	£27,989
2022	£5,801	£43,298
2023	£15,518	£15,777
2024	£11,210	£9,340

What it does

What

Education/trainingOverseas Aid/famine ReliefArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

2.1 TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE IN A SPIRIT OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, CREED, AGE, GENDER OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD;B) GIVING TRAINING ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO VOLUNTEERS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM UNDERTAKING THEIR SERVICE AMONG COMMUNITIES SUFFERING DEPRIVATION OR MARKED BY A PARTICULAR CULTURAL IDENTITY;C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND IN PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION, THROUGH BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17 MARCH 2008 AS AMENDED 1 NOVEMBER 2008. as amended on 14 Jun 2025

Trustees (5)

5trustees

41median age

1aged 70+

Nigel John Wattage band 90-94 Chair
Gemma Taylorage band 40-44 since 2013
Gabrielle Messederage band 35-39 since 2014
John Cedric Medlandage band 65-69 since 2017
Sayaka Tanakaage band 40-44 since 2017

Linked company (Companies House)

Volunteer Action for Peace · 07349937 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/08/2010

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

International Voluntary Service 1 shared trustee
The NST Development Trust 1 shared trustee

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