GROVE COMMUNITY PROJECT

Registered charity 1072127 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide the necessary facilities for the daily care, recreation and education of children and communities in Handsworth, particularly during the out of school hours and school days. To advance the education and training of persons in the provision of such care, education and recreational facilities.

Objects

TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES IN HANDSWORTH PARTICULARLY DURING THE OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL DAYSTO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

Area of benefit: HANDSWORTH

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£190k

Latest spending

£150k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net movement in funds of £2,441, increasing total unrestricted reserves to £96,479. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of approximately six months of running costs to ensure continuity of activities. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: About 6 months running costs (held: £96k)

“The Trustees policy is to maintain these unrestricted reserves at such a level that any significant drop in funding would not hinder the continuation of the current activities. About 6 months running costs.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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
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
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

NATALIE BENJAMINchair
Emma Payne
Jaspal Kaur
Yvette Oruye

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£190k	£150k
31/12/2023	£157k	£154k
31/12/2022	£163k	£187k
31/12/2021	£133k	£198k
31/12/2020	£229k	£237k

Common questions

Is GROVE COMMUNITY PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a net movement in funds of £2,441, increasing total unrestricted reserves to £96,479. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of approximately six months of running costs to ensure continuity of activities. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/01/2005	£59k	The provision of a play facility for two to three year olds.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	1	£926k
THE RORY AND ELIZABETH BROOKS FOUNDATION	1	£96k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, CASTLE HILL, EALING	1	£35k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUST	1	£10k
Norwich Freemen's Charity	1	£6k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN WITH SAINT JAMES, WEST EALING	1	£5k
ELEEMOSYNARY CHARITY OF WILLIAM HOBBAYNE	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GROVE RESIDENTIAL HOME (SOLIHULL).

THE GROVE RESIDENTIAL HOME (SOLIHULL) income £1.6m
THE GROVE TRUST income £183k
CATTON GROVE COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO income £102k
GURNELL GROVE COMMUNITY TRUST income £209k
GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £154k
KINGSGROVE COMMUNITY HUB income £394k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GROVE COMMUNITY PROJECT	£190k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE GROVE RESIDENTIAL HOME (SOLIHULL) FY2025	£1.6m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE GROVE TRUST FY2024	£183k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CATTON GROVE COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO FY2025	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURNELL GROVE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£209k	—	above	—	no doubt
GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£154k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.