CVS Falkirk & District

What CVS Falkirk & District does

CVS Falkirk & District is a Scottish charitable company limited by guarantee (Company No. SC085838, Scottish Charity No. SC000312), founded in 1983 and headquartered in Falkirk, Scotland. It operates as the designated Third Sector Interface for the Falkirk Council area — a local, independent body whose statutory role is to promote, develop, and represent community groups, registered voluntary organisations, social enterprises, and individual volunteers operating in the district. The organisation does not charge for its support services; instead it is sustained by core institutional funding from the Scottish Government, Falkirk Council, and NHS Forth Valley, with supplementary funding administered through programmes such as the Kelvin Valley and Falkirk Community Led Local Development Fund and the Falkirk Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.

Its service portfolio is delivered through a website (cvsfalkirk.org.uk), a weekly MailChimp e-bulletin, and a network of recurring in-person and online forums including the Community Leadership Network, Connecting Volunteering Network, Health and Wellbeing Forum, Forth Valley Social Enterprise Network, Funding Officers Network, and Voluntary Sector Children's Services Forum. Core productised offerings include the CVS Falkirk Grant Funding Portal (an online funding-search and application-support tool), bespoke organisation support (governance, HR, community asset transfer, business resilience), volunteering support (Saltire Awards, DWP welfare-benefits guidance, volunteer matching), and a Members Directory for the local third sector. Technology is limited to standard off-the-shelf web and email tooling; no proprietary AI, ML, API, or platform technology is in evidence.

The business model is non-commercial grant-funded: revenue (in the form of restricted and unrestricted grant income) is sourced primarily from Scottish public-sector bodies, the organisation pays no dividends, and any surplus is reinvested into third-sector support activities. Headcount sits in the 11–50 range, the operating footprint is a single UK local authority area, and the organisation is governed by a Board of Directors with a recently refreshed Chair and Vice Chair. There is no indication of private equity, parent-company, or M&A activity, and the organisation is not publicly traded.

Name

CVS Falkirk & District

Legal name

CVS Falkirk and District

Website

https://cvsfalkirk.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CVS Falkirk & District is the designated Third Sector Interface for the Falkirk Council area, providing free support, development, and representation services to community groups, voluntary organisations, social enterprises, and volunteers across Falkirk, Scotland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Third Sector Support Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE)

Keywords

• Third sector support
• Voluntary sector services
• Community development
• Volunteer matching
• Social enterprise support

Headquarters

HQ city

Falkirk

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CVS Falkirk & District serves as the Third Sector Interface for the Falkirk Council area, providing support, development, and representation services to community groups, voluntary organisations, social enterprises, and individual volunteers. Its primary offerings include grant funding access via the CVS Falkirk Grant Funding Portal, volunteering support, organisational development and governance assistance, social enterprise networking, sector representation through Voice of the Sector forums, and a members directory and resource libraries.

Product overview

CVS Falkirk & District operates as a Third Sector Interface for the Falkirk Council area, providing a unified platform of services to support community groups, voluntary organisations, social enterprises, and volunteering. The organisation functions as a single, integrated service rather than a modular platform product. Core offerings include the Grant Funding Portal, Volunteering Support, Organisation Support, Social Enterprise Support, Voice of the Sector Forums, and the Members Directory—all delivered through its main website and direct engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Third Sector Interface Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 300 volunteers and community organisations celebrated at annual Volunteering Awards Ceremony

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NHS Forth ValleycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth partner collaborating on health and wellbeing initiatives, community health programmes, and integration with health and social care services.
• Living Wage ScotlandminorOthersAccreditation body recognising employers who pay the real Living Wage. CVS Falkirk is recognised as a Living Wage employer.
• EFQMminorOthersQuality management organisation providing the EFQM Excellence Model framework used for organisational assessment and improvement.
• Social Enterprise ScotlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational body for social enterprises in Scotland. CVS Falkirk hosts the Forth Valley Social Enterprise Network (FVSEN) in partnership.
• OSCR (Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator)minorOthersRegulatory body for Scottish charities. CVS Falkirk is a registered Scottish charity (SC000312).
• contactSCOTLAND BSLminorOthersAccessibility service enabling deaf BSL users to contact organisations by video relay, supporting CVS Falkirk's accessibility commitments.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Social Enterprise Scotland: Social Enterprise Scotland is the national body for social enterprises in Scotland and a direct strategic partner of CVS Falkirk (co-hosting the Forth Valley Social Enterprise Network) - it operates a comparable convening and advocacy role at national level.
• Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO): SCVO is the national membership body for Scotland's third sector, providing policy advocacy, training, and digital infrastructure (e.g., Funding Scotland) that both supports and potentially competes with local TSIs like CVS Falkirk.
• NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations): NCVO is the UK-wide membership body for the voluntary sector, providing research, policy advocacy, and infrastructure - a broader incumbent operating at UK rather than Scottish/local level, but serving the same third sector audience as CVS Falkirk.
• Volunteer Scotland: Volunteer Scotland is the national centre for volunteering in Scotland, running the Saltire Awards programme (which CVS Falkirk also delivers locally) and setting national volunteering policy - a broader incumbent in CVS Falkirk's core domain.

Direct peers

• Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary Action (DVVA): DVVA serves as the Third Sector Interface for Dundee, delivering volunteering infrastructure, third sector capacity building, and convening functions - directly comparable in mandate and service portfolio to CVS Falkirk.
• Fife Voluntary Action: Fife Voluntary Action is the TSI for Fife, providing volunteer development, organisational support, and sector representation - a closely comparable peer in terms of service mix, governance structure (charity), and role within Scotland's TSI network.
• Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS): GCVS is the Third Sector Interface for Glasgow, operating an almost identical service model to CVS Falkirk - convening forums, providing organisational support, funding access, and policy advocacy for the third sector in its council area.
• Perth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Service (PKAVS): PKAVS is the TSI for Perth & Kinross, providing volunteer development, third sector representation, and community capacity building - a direct peer in the same Scottish TSI network as CVS Falkirk.
• Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations' Council (EVOC): EVOC is the designated Third Sector Interface for the City of Edinburgh Council area, making it the most direct peer to CVS Falkirk - both are TSI bodies delivering convening, capacity-building, funding portal access, and volunteer support within their respective Scottish council areas.

Emerging players

• Senscot: Senscot (Social Entrepreneurs Network Scotland) supports social enterprise and social entrepreneurship across Scotland, overlapping with CVS Falkirk's social enterprise support function and Forth Valley Social Enterprise Network convening role.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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