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Forest Voluntary Action Forum

Registered charity 1141126 Registered since 2011

Operates: Gloucestershire

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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

5.6y median 5.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Accommodation/housing 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 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.

Business services 7Arts and leisure 3Other services 3

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£837k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

10.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 10.3 in 2021

20 from 16 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.
46%
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

Websitewww.fvaf.org.uk
Emailcontact@fvaf.org.uk
Phone01594822073
AddressFOREST VOLUNTARY ACTION FORUM, RHEOLA HOUSE, BELLE VUE CENTRE, BELLE VUE ROAD, CINDERFORD, GLOUCEST

Finances

£836,556 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£338,367£207,450
2022£730,774£394,646
2023£755,079£540,294
2024£830,371£739,294
2025£836,556£793,649

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE AREA CURRENTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE FOREST OF DEAN DISTRICT COUNCIL IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE) ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS BY:A PROMOTING AND ORGANISING 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 BENEFITB ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANISATIONS, IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTS THROUGH PROVIDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO PERSONS WILLING TO VOLUNTEER, BY PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, INCLUDING IN DIRECT SERVICE PROVISION BY THE CHARITY, BY PROVIDING A CENTRE AND BY ADVISING AND SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS WHICH INVOLVE AND ARE WILLING TO INVOLVE VOLUNTEERS IN THEIR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/03/2011

Trustees (8)

8trustees
71median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Forest Voluntary Action Forum · 07557852 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/03/2011

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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