Croydon Voluntary Action

Registered charity 1060157 · since 1997cvalive.org.uk·Croydon·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£222k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

The charity's stated focus is the London Borough of Croydon, so a group working in that area is the clearest fit.
Its Grassroots Funding awards small grants to community organisations able to attract match funding from local investors, so a group that cannot raise that match is unlikely to suit this route.
The annual report gives annual giving of £221,855, but no grant range is stated, so a modest, realistic request is the safest place to start.
No application process is published, so get in touch through the contact shown on its website before preparing a formal application.

Overview

Croydon Voluntary Action is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1060157).

Croydon Voluntary Action is a registered charity whose purpose is promoting, supporting and developing effective voluntary action and community development for the benefit of the whole community within the London Borough of Croydon. Its Grassroots Funding is administered in partnership with London Community Foundation and gives small grants to community organisations that can attract match funding from local investors. The annual report gives annual giving of £221,855, and the charity describes itself as raising £1,365,500 for local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise delivery partners.

What they fund

Priority Areas

CVA describes its work as strengthening communities by supporting citizens to take active roles in their neighbourhoods and championing community organisations. Its strategic aims include strengthening the voice of Croydon’s civil society, developing organisational and workforce capacity, supporting project delivery and impact measurement, and leveraging funding into Croydon’s voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector. The Grassroots Funding fund is administered in partnership with London Community Foundation and awards small grants to community organisations able to attract match funding from local investors. CVA’s broader infrastructure services are for small groups, social enterprises, larger charities and volunteers at all stages of development. Its wider role combines organisational support and community development with partnership-delivered local funding.

Geographic Focus

London Borough of Croydon.

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.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The Grassroots Funding fund is for community organisations able to attract match funding from local investors.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Croydon

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Croydon Voluntary Action.

Barking and Dagenham Council for Voluntary ServicesNo public process Bury VCFAFixed deadlinesGave £327k Hyndburn & Ribble Valley CVSRollingGave £80,207 Cheshire West Voluntary ActionRollingGave £690k Community CVSMixed deadlinesGave £85,977 Liverpool Charity and Voluntary ServicesMixed deadlinesGave £998k Kensington & Chelsea Social CouncilNo public processGave £900 Wolverhampton Voluntary & Community ActionRollingGave £124k Community Vision CioMixed deadlinesGave £372k Community Foundation for SurreyMixed deadlinesGave £2M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£1,313,686	£1,436,094	£621,122	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£1,561,165	£1,698,775	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£1,649,508	£1,942,713	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£1,565,269	£1,520,370	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,620,374	£1,683,721	£221,855	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£621k grants

YE 2025

£222k grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for those years.

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.