BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE 1998-08-27 → present
2. THE BLACKBURN HYNDBURN AND RIBBLE VALLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE 1991-12-06 → 1998-08-27

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

KM Chartered Accountants

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “220 delegates attended the 6P Conference and helped to co-create the 6P VCFSE Strategy for Blackburn with Darwen.”
• “In December 2024, Community CVS and LACVS formally responded to the consultation on behalf of the Blackburn with Darwen Community Network for the civil society locally within Blackburn with Darwen and on behalf of LOCAL Lancashire for civil society at the Lancashire level.”
• “Community CVS was asked by the Lancashire and South Cumbria VCFSE Alliance to take the lead in undertaking a state of the sector research to start building an evidence base for the sector.”
• “Weekly E-bulletin subscription list rising from 377 subscribers to 558 subscribers by the end of the year with 30-60% regularly opening the bulletin.”
• “Convened over 50 network meetings and events attended by at least 1034 people from 509 organisations providing the space and opportunity to develop deeper collaborations and partnerships.”
• “Delivered 206 Call for a Kit Clinics in GP practices across Lancashire engaging with 4568 people, who had not returned a bowel cancer kit for analysis.”
• “Provided business advice to 113 clients to help them develop their business ideas or make tangible improvements to their business.”
• “603 people accessing training, including 65 people on the Aspiring Leaders programme from 56 SMEs (who are co-financing the places), the vast majority being from the VCFSE Sector with 9 Independent Learners.”
• “Managed 4 grant programmes that awarded 70 grants during the year worth £76,744 and supported the development and delivery of other grant programmes for the benefit of local communities.”
• “Supported 1204 volunteers & +300 volunteer involving organisations and groups.”
• “On the 4th June 2024, CVS with the Community Network as a partner held our 2nd Conference 'the 6P VCFSE Conference', in Blackburn Central Library. 220 delegates attended the conference and 101 civil society participants ran stalls in King William Street at the 1st Volunteers Week Street Fair to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Volunteers Week.”
• “In February 2025, CVS was invited to join a BwD a co-production stakeholder group with adult social care, a number of charities and people with lived experience to explore developing a policy and toolkit around co-production.”
• “In December 2024, the Council with the support of the creative and civil society sectors, secured a £760,000 Arts Council Place Partnership Grant that will support the implementation of the Cultural Investment Plan from 2025 to 2027.”
• “securing the Volunteering for Health funding in July 2024 will help to develop a collaborative BwD approach to volunteering and social action.”
• “During the year we held three rounds of the fund and approved grants as follows: R12 (June 24) - 16 grants approved worth £12,765. R13 (Sept 24) - 18 grants approved worth £16,699. R14 (Feb 25) - 11 grants approved worth £10,080 Total Approved: 45 small grants worth £39,544.”
• “During the year we distributed £31,040 via the Community Assets Fund on behalf of the Spark Recovery Collaborative to the following 16 groups and organisations.”
• “During the year we distributed 4 grants to the following organisations: Caritas Salford for their Maryvale project in Little Harwood, Sabr and Shukr CIC, Snowdrop Doula, The Billy Project.”
• “From October 2023 to March 2025, our two qualified business advisors delivered business advice as part of Boost Lancashire's Flying Start Programme. During the contract we provided business advice to 113 clients...”
• “During 2024-2025, we delivered our 10 week Bootcamp Skills training programme for Aspiring Leaders in Health and Social Care to 65 people...”
• “We facilitated training sessions on safeguarding and mental health training for 104 learners from 82 organisations.”
• “During the year, our dedicated trainer supporting volunteers and volunteer managers delivered 80 training sessions to 322 people from across the VCFSE Sector in Blackburn with Darwen and Preston.”
• “In July 2024, we were notified that we are 1 of 12 partnerships nationally to be successful in developing a Volunteering for Health programme for Lancashire and South Cumbria.”
• “Our Community Volunteer Awards... received over one thousand nominations from residents and organisations across Blackburn with Darwen for the 20 awards.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

16

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -36.2%

  £1,709,603 → £1,090,378

• Cash

  -35.3%

  £1,062,590 → £687,974

• Net assets

  -13.7%

  £1,630,914 → £1,408,060

• Employees

  -14.3%

  35 → 30

• Wages

  -3.4%

  £807,669 → £779,878

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers