Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services

Registered charity 1062144 · since 1997cavs.org.uk·Carmarthenshire·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£2,500

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

A small fraction of the prior year (£46,960 in year to 31 March 2024).

Key takeaways

Groups that serve a community in Carmarthenshire are the clear fit, since its priority is Carmarthenshire and its membership criteria ask that groups serve a community there.
Its money is small: the annual report shows £2,500 awarded in its latest reporting period, so a modest request is the realistic ask, and the grant range is not stated.
No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so contact Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services before sending anything, and have the governing document and its health and safety, safeguarding and equality, diversity and inclusion policies ready.
Groups outside Carmarthenshire should not expect to qualify under its membership criteria.

Overview

Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1062144).

Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services exists to nurture, develop, expand and support a sustainable and vibrant third sector in Carmarthenshire, where volunteering and volunteers are valued. It describes itself as an umbrella body for the county's third sector and helps organisations find funding, prepare budgets and improve applications. It administers small grant schemes using funding from Welsh Government and Carmarthenshire County Council, and it has granted awards totalling £2,500 to 16 local organisations for projects in the area.

What they fund

Priority Areas

CAVS supports third-sector organisations and community groups, with a particular preference for Carmarthenshire, to secure and generate resources to grow, survive and be sustainable. It helps organisations identify suitable funding sources, develop funding strategies, prepare budgets and improve applications, including through Funding Wales and practical support. CAVS also administers small grant schemes using funding from other funders and has made project awards to local organisations. Its approach is capacity-building: supporting organisations to address identified needs, use evidence-based solutions, diversify income and work in partnership. The site describes CAVS as an umbrella body for Carmarthenshire’s third sector and focuses on making organisations sustainable and effective.

Geographic Focus

Priority: Carmarthenshire.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Who can apply:

Membership is open to local voluntary groups and community organisations who meet the following criteria: Serve a community or communities within Carmarthenshire; Operate on a not-for-profit basis with charitable aims. This includes charities, CIOs, small constituted groups, companies limited by guarantee, CICs and social enterprises

What to send:

Governing document
Health & Safety policy document
Safeguarding policy document
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion policy document

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Carmarthenshire

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services.

WcvaMixed deadlinesGave £29.3M Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary ServicesFixed deadlinesGave £671k Community and Voluntary Support Conwy (CVSC)Gave £2.6M Swansea CVSRollingGave £664k Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary ServiceNo public processGave £562k Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (PAVO)No public processGave £2.7M The West Wales Grand CharityInvitation onlyGave £162k St Davids Diocesan Board of FinanceNo public process Bridgend Association of Voluntary OrganisationsFixed deadlinesGave £139k ScoutsCymruInvitation onlyGave £13,616

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£814,312	£610,386	£93,275	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£578,472	£652,594	£159,714	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£586,251	£595,536	£171,719	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£562,956	£464,855	£46,960	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£752,287	£556,823	£2,500	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£93,275 grants

YE 2022

£160k grants

YE 2023

£172k grants

YE 2024

£46,960 grants

YE 2025

£2,500 awarded

Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.