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Voluntary and Community Action Sunderland

Registered charity 702930 Registered since 1990

Operates: Sunderland

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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.

5 trustees on the board

6y median 4y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

5
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 5General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Other services 6Arts and leisure 1Education 1

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£49k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.vcas2020.org
Emailinfo@vcas.org.uk
Phone0191 5651566
AddressVoluntary and Community Action Sunderland, 15 Norfolk Street, SUNDERLAND, SR1 1EA

Finances

£49,250 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£64,542£54,261
2022£19,920£44,953
2023£23,786£76,901
2024£55,212£84,679
2025£49,250£80,213

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentArmed Forces/emergency Service EfficiencyHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(A) TO SUPPORT VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS WHICH RESIDE OR OPERATE IN THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND IT'S IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") SO THAT THEY CAN FUNCTION MORE EFFECTIVELY.B) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SPORT AND LEISURE, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.C) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 OCTOBER 1983 AS AMENDED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 14 MARCH 1990, 2ND DECEMBER 2003 AND 22 SEPTEMBER 2005. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 27 SEPTEMBER 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/09/2010

Trustees (5)

5trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Voluntary and Community Action Sunderland · 01759477 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 06/10/1983

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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