Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service

Registered charity 1064450 · since 1997nptcvs.wales·Neath Port Talbot·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£562k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From the Charity Commission register

Key takeaways

This charity mainly administers grant schemes funded from renewable-energy community-benefit funds and other sources, so its own themes (communities and place, local enterprise, people and skills, community activity, capacity building and grassroots activity) are the best guide to whether a project fits, and it is worth asking which schemes are open before you write anything.
The grant range is not published, and its total annual giving of £562,120 says little about the size of any one award, so keep an early request modest and ask the team what is realistic.
Contact the Community Development team by phone or email, and have ready what the group needs funding for, how much it needs, by when, which funders it has already tried and what happened.
Groups without an appropriate governing document and a bank account in the group's name should not apply, as the charity requires both before any grant application.
No timing or competitiveness details are published, and awards are made by funding panels, so ask the team about the next round.

Overview

Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1064450).

Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service is a registered charity that exists to support, promote and develop the participation of local groups and individuals in the voluntary, community and third sector in Neath Port Talbot. It was established in March as a Charitable Company. It administers some local renewable energy community benefit funds and other grants secured from various funding sources, and its Third Sector Growth Fund supported projects aligned with the UKSPF priorities of communities and place, local enterprise, and people and skills.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The charity administers local renewable-energy community-benefit funds and other grants secured from funding sources. The funds it administers are managed under the funders’ conditions, and awards are made by funding panels. Its reported distributions went to voluntary groups and organisations addressing urgent demands and organisational sustainability. The open Third Sector Growth Fund supported project activity aligned with the UK Shared Prosperity Fund priorities of communities and place, supporting local enterprise, and people and skills, creating opportunities for community activity, capacity building and grassroots activity. The CVS also helps voluntary groups find relevant funding and supports their application processes.

Themes

Communities and place
Local enterprise
People and skills
Community activity
Capacity building
Grassroots activity

How to apply

Contact the Community Development team by telephone or email to find out about the grant schemes the charity administers. For a funding search, provide what the group needs funding for, how much it needs and by when, funders it has tried and the outcomes, and whether it is a registered charity. The page says groups need an appropriate governing document and a bank account in the group’s name before applying for grants.

Who can apply:

Before you can apply for grants you must have an appropriate governing document and a bank account in the group’s name.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Groups need an appropriate governing document and a bank account in the group’s name before applying for grants.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Neath Port Talbot

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service.

Swansea CVSRollingGave £664k Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary ServicesNo public processGave £2,500 Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary ServicesFixed deadlinesGave £671k The Swansea Bay FoundationRolling WcvaMixed deadlinesGave £29.3M The Monmouthshire County Council Welsh Church Act FundRollingGave £262k Community Foundation WalesRollingGave £2.3M Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Board of FinanceInvitation onlyGave £420k Powys Welsh Church FundFixed deadlinesGave £113k Green Man TrustFixed deadlinesGave £17,584

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£1,981,482	£1,739,827	£789,171	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£1,480,586	£1,253,024	£282,444	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£1,585,363	£1,770,777	£726,569	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£1,926,713	£2,086,965	£900,300	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,712,521	£1,752,088	£562,120	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£789k grants

YE 2022

£282k grants

YE 2023

£727k grants

YE 2024

£900k grants

YE 2025

£562k grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.

Grants paid, all years: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

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.