VOLUNTEERING MATTERS

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  The directors have assessed the charitable company's going concern status as at the date of approval of the 2025 financial statements and are satisfied that the company remains a going concern. We draw attention to note 1 (b) in the financial statements, which indicates that the company incurred a net operating expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025 of £120,000 (2024: £606,000). These events or conditions along with other matters as set forth in note 1 (b), indicate that material uncertainties exist which may cast doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

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

• Turnover

  -5.6%

  £5,455,000 → £5,151,000

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  -8.4%

  £1,437,000 → £1,317,000

  first positive since 2021

• Employees

  -8.4%

  155 → 142

• Operating profit

  +80.2%

  -£606,000 → -£120,000

• Profit before tax

  +80.2%

  -£606,000 → -£120,000

• Wages

  -3.5%

  £3,976,000 → £3,837,000

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

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.

1. VOLUNTEERING MATTERS 2015-04-24 → present
2. CSV 1995-12-22 → 2015-04-24
3. COMMUNITY SERVICE TRUST 1983-10-27 → 1995-12-22
4. COMMUNITY SERVICE TRUST LIMITED 1979-07-10 → 1983-10-27

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Saffery LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“The directors have assessed the charitable company's going concern status as at the date of approval of the 2025 financial statements and are satisfied that the company remains a going concern. We draw attention to note 1 (b) in the financial statements, which indicates that the company incurred a net operating expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025 of £120,000 (2024: £606,000). These events or conditions along with other matters as set forth in note 1 (b), indicate that material uncertainties exist which may cast doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.”

Significant events

• “This year, we made significant strides in stabilising our financial position, delivering impact through flagship programmes, and aligning our operations with a bold, future-facing strategy. We completed a vital phase of organisational restructuring, creating a more agile, efficient model better suited to today's challenges. We embedded new systems to improve how we manage people, data and finances, and have taken steps to ensure a more robust approach to risk, compliance and governance.”

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

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

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