FOCUS BIRMINGHAM
Registered charity 1065745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRMINGHAM FOCUS ON BLINDNESS, FOCUS ON BLINDNESS
The charity aims to provide high quality, innovative services to blind, visually impaired and those with profound disabilities across the West Midlands. It intends to become known as a centre of excellence, working in partnership with others to develop pathways of care and support that achieve the best possible outcomes for people.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity finished the year in a surplus position with total income of £4,336,780 and expenditure of £4,360,760, resulting in a net surplus of £48,072. The charity holds general unrestricted reserves of £956,945, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of £400,000, and maintains cash balances of £1,034,401. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“There was 1 employee whose annual earnings (including taxable benefits in kind) exceeded £60,000 (2024:1 employee)” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities (79% of income)
“Charitable activities: complex needs services 3,421,018”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £400,000 (held: £957k)
“the Board have concluded that a target level of free reserves equal to an amount of £400,000 should be maintained” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Focus Care and Support Limited
“Focus Birmingham has one wholly owned subsidiary, Focus Care and Support Limited, incorporated on 4 August 2021. The subsidiary operates as the contracting party for individuals funded by local authorities and healthcare bodies, delivering services within the Focus Birmingham Group.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
FOCUS CARE AND SUPPORT LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £1.7m
- Profit before tax: £687k
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £687k
- Amounts owed to parent company: £390,203
“As the company donates all its profits for the financial period to Focus Birmingham (registered charity 1065745), there is no tax liability for the financial period (2024 E£Nil).”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Focus Birmingham (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- MURRAY, Isabella — director, appointed 04/06/2026on trustee list
- THOMSON, Elizabeth — director, appointed 04/06/2026on trustee list
- DEANS, Savhannah Louise-Amanda — director, appointed 12/02/2026on trustee list
- TOWSON, Clifford Vaughan — director, appointed 12/02/2026on trustee list
- HODGSON, Rebecca — director, appointed 06/11/2025on trustee list
- ROBERTS, David William — director, appointed 05/06/2025on trustee list
- PARGETTER-GARNER, Victoria Anne — director, appointed 23/05/2024on trustee list
- REEVES, Marc Barnaby — director, appointed 23/05/2024on trustee list
- TIERNEY, Victoria Emma — director, appointed 18/08/2022not on trustee list
- JANDU, Mandeep Singh — director, appointed 14/02/2019on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Focus Birmingham — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 26/02/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£120k
Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (18/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Marc Reeveschair
- Clifford Towson
- David Roberts
- Elizabeth Thomson
- Isabella Murray
- Mandeep Singh Jandu
- Rebecca Hodgson
- Savhannah Louise-Amanda Deans
- Victoria Emma Tierny
- Victoria Pargetter-Garner
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Wolverhampton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FOCUS BIRMINGHAM financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year in a surplus position with total income of £4,336,780 and expenditure of £4,360,760, resulting in a net surplus of £48,072. The charity holds general unrestricted reserves of £956,945, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of £400,000, and maintains cash balances of £1,034,401. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Forvis Mazars LLP.
Who funds FOCUS BIRMINGHAM?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FOCUS BIRMINGHAM as a grant recipient include THE BIRMINGHAM ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND, HARBORNE AND SMETHWICK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HARBORNE PARISH LANDS CHARITY, THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST.
Known funders
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