BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S SOCIETY
Registered charity 1000661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B C C S, CHILDCARE
Providing counselling and therapeutic services for children and young adults up to 18 years and their families. We work in partnership with other agencies and schools, and our concern is the emotional health and well-being of children and young people. The main focus is the early intervention, prevention and mitigation of behavioral and emotional problems. We provide training for school staff.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that free reserves increased to £2,301,296, representing 21.85 months of expenditure, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of 5 to 6 months. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £131,474 for the year, driven largely by significant legacy income, while operational income from fees and services also grew. The trustees confirm that the charity has healthy cash balances and sufficient liquid reserves to continue its work without material uncertainty.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: five to six months of expenditure (held: £2.3m)
“Our medium to long term policy is to have 5 to 6 months expenditure as reserves. The trustees consider that this level, which amounts to between £591,603 and £631,883, will provide sufficient funds to fund support and care services and ensure that support and governance costs are covered.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BCCS - Brentwood Catholic Children's Society (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Bernadette Fisher — Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £1.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£183k
Reported reserves equal ~37.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- MAIRE MAISCHchair
- Amy Wilsher
- Andrew Joseph Burns
- Beth Przybylska
- Cynthia Fernandes
- Dean Cassar · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ferdinand Tisi
- Joanne Santinelli
- John Adshead
- Maria Wrench
- Mary Ward
- Mary-Ann Deasy
- Matthew Chapman
- Rev Matthew Bemand-Qureshi
- Robert Hayes
- Sanjay Lucose Thomas
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Havering · Newham · Redbridge · Waltham Forest
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S SOCIETY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves increased to £2,301,296, representing 21.85 months of expenditure, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of 5 to 6 months. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £131,474 for the year, driven largely by significant legacy income, while operational income from fees and services also grew. The trustees confirm that the charity has healthy cash balances and sufficient liquid reserves to continue its work without material uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S SOCIETY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S SOCIETY as a grant recipient include SIR HAROLD HOOD'S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION, THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST, ROSCA TRUST, THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST.
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