Registered charity (CIO) · Surrey
Kingston Voluntary Action
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nigel NewbyChair · since 2015
- Archie James Manister-O'NeillTrustee · since 2023
- Helena PohlTrustee · since 2020
- Kyle GrahamTrustee · since 2025
- Mary McdonaldTrustee · since 2022
- Patricia Mary MonroTrustee · since 2023
- Rachael Louise BasakTrustee · since 2026
- Ranjit DhillonTrustee · since 2015
- Tarlochan JohalTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Bromley, Croydon, Kingston Upon Thames, Merton and more
- Website
- kva.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.5m£1.2m
- 2024£1.2m£1.1m
- 2023£1.2m£947k
Earlier years
- 2022£977k£868k
- 2021£1.2m£1.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 57% · Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:· THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, EDUCATION, TRAINING, SERVICES, RESOURCES AND ANY OTHER SUPPORT;· ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING INNOVATION AND THE MEETING OF NEW OR UNMET NEED;· THE PROMOTION OF CHARITABLE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINEFOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, 'THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR' MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS:* 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.
Grants received
16 grants · £1,710,366 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
- City Bridge Trust · £1,373,174 (10 grants)
- Trust for London · £269,270 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £59,172
- Greater London Authority · £5,000
- Sport England · £3,750
Most recent
- Greater London Authority
Grants given
15 grants · £30,331 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 recipients
- The Douglas Centre Trust · £3,000
- KAG Advocacy · £3,000
- Doxa Deo Community Church · £3,000
- Anstee Bridge · £3,000
- Cambridge Road Estate Community Group · £2,904
Most recent
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
- Nigel Newby Chair since 2015
- Archie James Manister-O'Neill since 2023
- Helena Pohl since 2020
- Kyle Graham since 2025
- Mary Mcdonald since 2022
- Patricia Mary Monro since 2023
- Rachael Louise Basak since 2026
- Ranjit Dhillon since 2015
- Tarlochan Johal since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Nigel Newby Chair since 2015
- Helena Pohl since 2020
- Ranjit Dhillon since 2015
- Tarlochan Johal since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Nigel Newby Chair since 2015
- Archie James Manister-O'Neill since 2023
- Helena Pohl since 2020
- Kyle Graham since 2025
- Mary Mcdonald since 2022
- Rachael Louise Basak since 2026
- Ranjit Dhillon since 2015
- Tarlochan Johal since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Patricia Mary Monro since 2023
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
5.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1160403
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED 10 FEB 2015AMENDED TO CIO FOUNDATION 26 NOV 2021
- Contact on the register
- 02082553335 · admin@kva.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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