Registered charity (CIO) · Sunderland
Sunderland Voluntary Sector Alliance
- 7 trustees
- Income £372k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Sunderland
- Website
- www.sunderlandvsa.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£372k£448k
- 2024£618k£280k
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 88%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUNDERLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY: A. LIAISING BETWEEN CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER GROUPS ON RELEVANT ISSUES B. PROVIDING TRAINING, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ON SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR; C. ASSISTING IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDING PROGRAMMES TO CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, MONITORING FOR GRANTS, RECOMMENDING GRANTS, ASSISTING IN APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS; D. PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC ON THE OPERATION OF, OR PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY, THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR
Grants received
1 grant · £2,500 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
- Community Foundation North East · £2,500
Most recent
Board analysis for researchers
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Sarah Jane Reid Chair since 2024
- Joanne Cooper since 2022
- Lesley Spuhler OBE since 2023
- Lyndsey Everett since 2025
- Patricia Cornish since 2023
- Richard Duggan since 2022
- Sylvia Ann Copley since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Sarah Jane Reid Chair since 2024
- Joanne Cooper since 2022
- Lesley Spuhler OBE since 2023
- Lyndsey Everett since 2025
- Patricia Cornish since 2023
- Richard Duggan since 2022
- Sylvia Ann Copley since 2022
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1202811
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 24 Apr 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07443202589 · Contactus@sunderlandvsa.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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