Registered charity · Liverpool
Vola Consortium
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens and more
- Website
- www.volamerseyside.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Vola Consortium
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.4m£1.4m
- 2024£454k£591k
- 2023£523k£379k
Earlier years
- 2022£150k£141k
- 2021£75k£66k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 100%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 2.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT; 2.2 THE PROVISION OF CRIME PREVENTION AND OFFENDER REHABILITATION SERVICES; 2.3 THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE LIVERPOOL CITY REGION AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BY: 2.3.1 BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS OPERATING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND PROVIDING THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE BUT IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS; AND 2.3.2 PROMOTING, ORGANISING AND FACILITATING CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, “THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR” MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: “CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES; AND 2.4 TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARTABLE WITHIN THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE
Grants received
1 grant · £9,948 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 · £9,948
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
- Damian France Chair since 2018
- Angela White since 2013
- Andrew Coulson since 2024
- Claire Cook since 2018
- Debbie Gayle since 2020
- James Brett since 2019
- Mark William Ord since 2013
- Nicola Jane Crosby since 2018
- Raymond Moore since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Damian France Chair since 2018
- Angela White since 2013
- Claire Cook since 2018
- James Brett since 2019
- Mark William Ord since 2013
- Nicola Jane Crosby since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Damian France Chair since 2018
- Angela White since 2013
- Andrew Coulson since 2024
- Claire Cook since 2018
- Nicola Jane Crosby since 2018
- Raymond Moore since 2022
Portfolio (3)
- Debbie Gayle since 2020
- James Brett since 2019
- Mark William Ord since 2013
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1158777
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 OCT 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/09/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 08746685 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01519200726 · info@volamerseyside.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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