TOP CHURCH TRAINING

Registered charity 1062241 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education and develop the capacity and skill of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged communities of The Black Country and surrounding areas in such a way that they are better able to identify and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF DUDLEY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING AND A COUNSELLING AND ADVICE SERVICE.

Area of benefit: DUDLEY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Dudley, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

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Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03328704

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BILLS, Ann Clare — director, appointed 04/08/2026on trustee list
• FLETCHER, Ryan — director, appointed 04/08/2026on trustee list
• CHADWELL, Ian — director, appointed 28/05/2026on trustee list
• WOODS, Dawn — director, appointed 03/09/2025not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Anthony Bowkerchair
• Ann Clare Bills
• Dawn Wood
• Ian Chadwell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ryan Fletcher

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRMINGHAM CHURCHES TOGETHER.

• BIRMINGHAM CHURCHES TOGETHER income £207k
• THE OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK SOUTH EAST REGION LIMITED income £2.0m
• UNION CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE, CROUCH END income £140k
• FAITH CHRISTIAN CENTRE UK income £125k
• BISHOPSWAY COMMUNITY CENTRE (UK) income £87k
• ALDERTON ACORNS PRE SCHOOL BABY AND TODDLER GROUPS income £59k

Side by side with its peers

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