--- title: "Volunteer Friends — charity 1098366 | CharityCompare" description: "Volunteer Friends (charity 1098366): income £209k (2025). Check registration, accounts, Gift Aid and official sources on an independent UK profile." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/volunteer-friends retrieved: 2026-10-07T04:43:47.928Z date_note: "Retrieval time is not the filing, register-extract or editorial-review date; cite those dates from the content." license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Registered charity · No. 1098366Charitable company VF # Volunteer Friends Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data Volunteer Friends is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, disability, economic/community development/employment. Register extract 2026-10-04 · Not yet rated [Visit charity website](http://www.volunteerfriends.org.uk/) [Check official registration](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1098366&subId=0) Work at Volunteer Friends? [Claim this profile free](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=volunteer-friends&type=claim&name=Volunteer%20Friends) to add your own description, logo and links. At a glance · official register ## What are the key facts about Volunteer Friends? Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31 £208,649 Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31 £156,762 Registered charity number 1098366 Status in source extract Registered Charity type Charitable company Register contact address detail (not service area) 4 School Road Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC) Not recorded Website [www.volunteerfriends.org.uk](http://www.volunteerfriends.org.uk/) Quick answer Volunteer Friends (number 1098366) 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 Volunteer Friends do? Volunteer Centre - Nuneaton & Bedworth is a local Volunteer Development infrastructure agency supporting individual volunteers and the local volunteer involving organisations from voluntary, public, private and community sector.Core activities focus on the recruitment, placement and support of volunteers across the local community. Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04. From the annual return ## Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Volunteer Friends Answers Volunteer Friends 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 Volunteer Friends's highest-paid staff paid? Volunteer Friends's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report. ### Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid? The register does not record Volunteer Friends as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided. Volunteer Friends's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity. ### Registration details Registered as a charity 4 July 2003 Company number [04609837](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04609837) (Companies House) Also known as Nbvb Previous names on the register Nuneaton & Bedworth Volunteer Bureau; Volunteer Centre - Nuneaton & Bedworth Where it says it operates Warwickshire ## Who it supports and how it works **Reported beneficiaries:** Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies; The General Public/mankind. **Reported activities:** Makes Grants To Organisations; Provides Human Resources; Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; 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. ## What causes is Volunteer Friends registered for? Education/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment ## Why is there no Clarity Score for Volunteer Friends yet? Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Volunteer Friends. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. [How scoring works](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What should you check before donating to Volunteer Friends? - Match the registered name and number to the appeal. A real charity number can be copied by someone impersonating the organisation. - Open the current register entry to check status, contact details and available accounts. 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The register data used for this profile lists Volunteer Friends as a registered charity (number 1098366) 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 Volunteer Friends's charity number? Volunteer Friends's charity number is 1098366. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate. How do I check charity number 1098366? Search 1098366 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers. What does Volunteer Friends do? Volunteer Centre - Nuneaton & Bedworth is a local Volunteer Development infrastructure agency supporting individual volunteers and the local volunteer involving organisations from voluntary, public, private and community sector.Core activities focus on the recruitment, placement and support of volunteers across the local community. Does Volunteer Friends have reviews and complaints? CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Volunteer Friends. 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 Volunteer Friends? Volunteer Friends's website listed in our register data is http://www.volunteerfriends.org.uk. 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 Volunteer Friends's chief executive paid? The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Volunteer Friends's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. 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. Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Volunteer Friends? The register does not record Volunteer Friends as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided. Are Volunteer Friends's trustees paid? Volunteer Friends's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity. What was Volunteer Friends previously called? The register lists these previous names for Volunteer Friends: Nuneaton & Bedworth Volunteer Bureau; Volunteer Centre - Nuneaton & Bedworth. When was Volunteer Friends registered as a charity? Volunteer Friends was entered on the register on 4 July 2003. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 04609837). Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Always verify current details on the [official register entry](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1098366&subId=0).