VOLUNTEERING MATTERS

Company number 01435877 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£10,496

Balance sheet as at 2021-03-31

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What it does

It’s been a quite incredible 12 months at Volunteering Matters in one of the most challenging crises I can remember in my lifetime. Just prior to COVID, we had restructured and re-emphasised our commitment to working alongside communities. We absolutely believe in the force for change that volunteering and volunteers create, but to lead tolasting change this must be done through work within communities. Our new strategy focuses our work on our role and impact in a place, and how we can help support inequalities, improve health and well-being, and achieve other critical social outcomes alongside others in the communities where we operate. We found ways of delivering services through innovative approaches, but we also adapted to what was emerging. That change of focus has enabled us to adapt and respond alongside the communitieswe operate within. Our volunteer drivers have become shoppers. The young people who were supported through our mentoring services became the volunteers and suppor

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
1979-07-10
Employees
200 (2021 accounts · was 140 in 2020)
Registered office
The Levy Centre, 18 - 24 Lower Clapton Road, London, E5 0PD
Postcode
E5 0PD
Accounts category
Full
Charges
6 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-10-29
Next due by
2026-11-12
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 85320 Technical and vocational secondary education
  • 85410 Post-secondary non-tertiary education
  • 88990 Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified

Officers 9 current · 57 resigned

Appointed 2026-07-15
Appointed 2026-03-05
Appointed 2026-03-05
Appointed 2026-03-05
Appointed 2024-10-10

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Public contracts won 2

£68,000 total awarded value where published.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).

Registered charity

VOLUNTEERING MATTERS — charity number 291222

Registered 1985-02-22 Income £5,695,000 Spending £5,815,000 FY to 2025-03-31

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6582531 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website
volunteeringmatters.org.uk
Phone
02037805870

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Previous company names

NameDate changed
CSV2015-04-24
COMMUNITY SERVICE TRUST1995-12-22
COMMUNITY SERVICE TRUST LIMITED 1983-10-27

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
237 PENTONVILLE ROAD, LONDON, N1 9NJ2014-11-24
237 PENTONVILLE ROAD, LONDON N1 9NG2007-12-11

Among its peers

The largest employer

of 49 similar companies in E, with 200 staff. The oldest of its local peers.

Competitors London

This company ranks 33 among technical and vocational secondary education in London.

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The class of 1979

49%

of the 8,387 companies incorporated in 1979 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 2 titles

Freehold
1
Leasehold
1
Most recent registration
2020-01-31
Where
Surrey (1), Greater London (1)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
SY868483 Surrey Freehold 2020-01-31
EGL347410 Greater London Leasehold 2015-08-18

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