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Volunteering Matters

Volunteering Matters is a registered charity (number 291222) based in London, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Dr Peta Foxall since 2024. Latest income £5.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as CSV (Community Service Volunteers) (Charity Commission)

2 Objects2.1 The Charity's objects are restricted specifically, in each case, only for the public benefit to:(a) The advancement of community development for the public benefit through the promotion of volunteering. (b) the advancement of education...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £5.7m (2025)
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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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.volunteeringmatters.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Volunteering Matters
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.7m£5.8m
  • 2024£7.0m£6.6m
  • 2023£23m£14m
Earlier years
  • 2022£7.5m£7.8m
  • 2021£5.2m£5.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 17% · Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2 Objects2.1 The Charity's objects are restricted specifically, in each case, only for the public benefit to:(a) The advancement of community development for the public benefit through the promotion of volunteering. (b) the advancement of education and training including (but without limitation) of persons who, due to their social or economic circumstances or otherwise, are in need and unable to gain employment in the United Kingdom.2.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom including (without limitation) an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

Grants received

153 grants · £18,889,227 total

360Giving 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 · £12,363,203 (73 grants)
  • Postcode Support Trust · £3,700,000 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £611,420 (20 grants)
  • Monument Trust · £325,000
  • Northern Rock Foundation · £303,424 (4 grants)

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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

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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 8General Charitable Purposes 8Environment/conservation/heritage 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Education 14Health and social care 4Other services 3

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£5.7m latest income
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.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.5 in 2021

142 from 122 in 2021
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.
40%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
291222
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 DECEMBER 1983 AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS DATED 24 MAY 1984, 15 OCTOBER 1992, 24 OCTOBER 2001, 7 NOVEMBER 2002 AND 9 NOVEMBER 2010 (FILED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26 NOVEMBER 2010) as amended on 01 Apr 2001 as amended on 01 Apr 2021 as amended on 21 Mar 2026
Companies House
Company number 01435877 · Active
Contact on the register
02037805870 · info@volunteeringmatters.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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