Registered charity · Witney
Volunteer Link-UP (West Oxfordshire)
- 9 trustees
- Income £136k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Hannah HutchingsChair · since 2021
- Alec Charles PridsamTrustee · since 2025
- David John BatesTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Fiona CloughTrustee · since 2023
- Meryl Henderson SmithTrustee · since 2019
- Michael James AlexanderTrustee · since 2017
- Pam JonesTrustee · since 2025
- Ruth Elizabeth SwiftTrustee · since 2022
- Tom WhiteTrustee · since 2023
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, Disability
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- vlu.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Volunteer Link-UP (West Oxfordshire)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£136k£123k
- 2024£109k£115k
- 2023£94k£93k
Earlier years
- 2022£108k£95k
- 2021£75k£79k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 38%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN WESTOXFORDSHIRE AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREAS BY:4.1 LINKING PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP IN WEST OXFORDSHIRE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE TIME ANDARE WILLING AND ABLE TO VOLUNTEER THE HELP NEEDED IN A VARIETY OF USEFUL WAYS;4.2 PROMOTING AND ORGANISING CO-OPERATION WITH STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARYORGANISATIONS WHICH MAY HAVE IDENTIFIED SUCH NEEDS IN THEIR WORK IN ORDER TO HELPTHEM MATCH THOSE NEEDS WITH APPROPRIATE VOLUNTEERS.
Grants received
7 grants · £205,986 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 · £146,029 (2 grants)
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £55,457 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £4,500
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Hannah Hutchings Chair since 2021
- Alec Charles Pridsam since 2025
- David John Bates since 2022
- Dr Fiona Clough since 2023
- Meryl Henderson Smith since 2019
- Michael James Alexander since 2017
- Pam Jones since 2025
- Ruth Elizabeth Swift since 2022
- Tom White since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Meryl Henderson Smith since 2019
- Michael James Alexander since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Hannah Hutchings Chair since 2021
- Alec Charles Pridsam since 2025
- David John Bates since 2022
- Dr Fiona Clough since 2023
- Michael James Alexander since 2017
- Pam Jones since 2025
- Ruth Elizabeth Swift since 2022
- Tom White since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Meryl Henderson Smith since 2019
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1133530
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 DECEMBER 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 07096574 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01993776277 · office@vlu.org.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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