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Birmingham Voluntary Service Council is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives.
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (number 218795) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Birmingham Voluntary Service Council do?
BVSC is the leading voluntary sector support body in Birmingham, committed to ensuring that voluntary action can thrive and make a positive difference for everyone in Birmingham. BVSC provides voluntary sector and volunteering support services, a range of VCS-led social impact programmes, community space and building facilities and consultancy, advice and training for our members and partners.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Birmingham Voluntary Service Council
Answers Birmingham Voluntary Service Council gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's highest-paid staff paid?
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee).
Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£90,001–£100,000
1
£70,001–£80,000
1
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's money come from?
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council reported £17m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £16m (96%), trading and fundraising events £379k (2%), other income £192k (1%).
Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£16m · 96%
Trading and fundraising events£379k · 2%
Other income£192k · 1%
Donations and legacies£89k · 1%
Does Birmingham Voluntary Service Council receive government funding?
The annual return does not answer this question for Birmingham Voluntary Service Council. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Birmingham Voluntary Service Council as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
B V S C; Bvsc; Bvsc the Centre for Voluntary Action
Where it says it operates
Birmingham City
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin; Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies; Other Defined Groups; The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Makes Grants To Organisations; Provides Human Resources; Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information; Sponsors Or Undertakes Research; Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
Linked funds and trusts
The register records these funds under parent charity number 218795. They are not counted as separate charity registrations in this directory. Check each linked record for its purposes.
What causes is Birmingham Voluntary Service Council registered for?
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Why is there no Clarity Score for Birmingham Voluntary Service Council yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Birmingham Voluntary Service Council.
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Is Birmingham Voluntary Service Council a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Birmingham Voluntary Service Council as a registered charity (number 218795) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's charity number?
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's charity number is 218795. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 218795?
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What does Birmingham Voluntary Service Council do?
BVSC is the leading voluntary sector support body in Birmingham, committed to ensuring that voluntary action can thrive and make a positive difference for everyone in Birmingham. BVSC provides voluntary sector and volunteering support services, a range of VCS-led social impact programmes, community space and building facilities and consultancy, advice and training for our members and partners.
Does Birmingham Voluntary Service Council have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Birmingham Voluntary Service Council. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Birmingham Voluntary Service Council?
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's website listed in our register data is http://www.bvsc.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's money come from?
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council reported £17m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £16m (96%), trading and fundraising events £379k (2%), other income £192k (1%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Birmingham Voluntary Service Council?
The register records Birmingham Voluntary Service Council as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's trustees paid?
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Birmingham Voluntary Service Council registered as a charity?
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council was entered on the register on 28 February 1964. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00421688).