The Thomas Project

Registered charity 1082423 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAMILY GUIDANCE AND COMMUNITY WELFARE

Support to individuals and families in need.

Objects

A; THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP, NEED AND DISTRESS; AND B; THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

Area of benefit: COUNTIES OF WEST MIDLANDS AND STAFFORD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £12,500 at the end of the financial year, which is below the stated policy target of three months of essential costs. The trustees report concerns about the charity's continuation in its present form over the next three years, noting that the current surplus is expected to reduce significantly following the run-off of substantial grant funding.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The THOMAS Project (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Roy Bradburnchair
• KEHINDE OLAJUWON
• Michael Cain
• Peter Brentnall

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

Operates in: Walsall

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE THAMES CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE THAMES CHARITABLE TRUST income £39k
• THAMES FOUNDATION income £524k
• THE THOMAS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £946k
• BURMANTOFTS COMMUNITY PROJECTS income £961k
• PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k
• THE JAMES CHARITIES income £519k

Side by side with its peers

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