VOLUNTEERING MATTERS
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Shareholders' funds
£10,496
Balance sheet as at 2021-03-31
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
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
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
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
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
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
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CSV | 2015-04-24 |
| COMMUNITY SERVICE TRUST | 1995-12-22 |
| COMMUNITY SERVICE TRUST LIMITED | 1983-10-27 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 237 PENTONVILLE ROAD, LONDON, N1 9NJ | 2014-11-24 |
| 237 PENTONVILLE ROAD, LONDON N1 9NG | 2007-12-11 |
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.
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.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2020-01-31
- Where
- Surrey (1), Greater London (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY868483 | Surrey | Freehold | 2020-01-31 | — |
| EGL347410 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2015-08-18 | — |
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