Registered charity · All Saints Street
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations is a registered charity (number 225922) based in All Saints Street, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Priya Singh since 2020. Latest income £9.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Ncvo (Charity Commission)
5.1 The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:(a) to advance or promote all or any purposes which are exclusively charitable and for the public benefit in accordance with the laws of England and Wales; and.(b) to promote and organise...
- 9 trustees
- Income £9.5m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Priya SinghChair · since 2020
- Angela SpenceTrustee · since 2021
- Christopher Geoffrey SherwoodTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Sarabajaya KumarTrustee · since 2020
- Emily AgiusTrustee · since 2020
- James Watson-O'NeillTrustee · since 2024
- Jude William Thomas SheeranTrustee · since 2024
- Philippe Oliver LinternTrustee · since 2025
- Ruth MarvelTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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Public contracts won
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Provision of Charity Account Data for the NPISH Sector
Data sets for Charity Account for the NPISH Sector in place until 2031. Contract Value £63,895.00 over the 5 years. Data Delivery Requirement • The Supplier (NCVO) shall deliver to ONS the agreed data extracts, including all metadata field…
About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.ncvo.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The National Council for Voluntary Organisations
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9.5m£8.8m
- 2024£12m£8.1m
- 2023£7.1m£6.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.4m£6.3m
- 2021£7.5m£7.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
5.1 The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:(a) to advance or promote all or any purposes which are exclusively charitable and for the public benefit in accordance with the laws of England and Wales; and.(b) to promote and organise co-operation in the furtherance of such purposes.
Grants received
70 grants · £22,347,934 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 · £19,635,500 (18 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £679,780 (6 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £570,000
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £335,119 (10 grants)
- Postcode Education Trust · £300,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
- Postcode Society Trust
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
- Postcode Places Trust
- Postcode Local Trust
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
- Priya Singh Chair since 2020
- Angela Spence since 2021
- Christopher Geoffrey Sherwood since 2022
- Dr Sarabajaya Kumar since 2020
- Emily Agius since 2020
- James Watson-O'Neill since 2024
- Jude William Thomas Sheeran since 2024
- Philippe Oliver Lintern since 2025
- Ruth Marvel since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Priya Singh Chair since 2020
- Angela Spence since 2021
- Christopher Geoffrey Sherwood since 2022
- Dr Sarabajaya Kumar since 2020
- Emily Agius since 2020
- James Watson-O'Neill since 2024
- Jude William Thomas Sheeran since 2024
- Philippe Oliver Lintern since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Ruth Marvel since 2024
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
5.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 225922
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/05/1924AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/03/1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/04/1970AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/04/1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/11/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/11/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/01/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/02/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/10/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/11/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 24/11/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/11/2012 as amended on 26 Nov 2021 as amended on 12 Dec 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 00198344 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02075202538 · joanna.gray@ncvo.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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