THE CROPWOOD ESTATE

Registered charity 1085296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The furtherance of any charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of Birmingham including all or any of the following purposes:-a) the provision and support of educational facilities;b) the provision and support of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation, c) the relief of the aged, impotent and poor; andd) the relief of sickness.

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM INCLUDING ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:(A) THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES(B) THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(C) THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, IMPOTENT AND POOR(D) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£33k

Latest spending

£37k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted expenditure of £37,168 exceeded incoming resources of £32,705, resulting in a net decrease in funds. However, the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £9,416,861, which the Trustees consider adequate to meet its obligations. The charity has no stated reserves policy target other than retaining funds to cover 12 months of estimated operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months estimated operating costs (reserves figure: £9.4m)

“It is the policy of the charity to retain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, accumulated through the collection of rent from the Trust’s property portfolio. This provides sufficient funds to cover 12 months estimated operating costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 07/02/2025, 7 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 07/02/2025, 373 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 20/11/2024, 659 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 06/02/2023, 371 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£33k	£37k
31/03/2024	£32k	£810
31/03/2023	£38k	£875
31/03/2022	£22k	£464
31/03/2021	£22k	£461

Common questions

Is THE CROPWOOD ESTATE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted expenditure of £37,168 exceeded incoming resources of £32,705, resulting in a net decrease in funds. However, the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £9,416,861, which the Trustees consider adequate to meet its obligations. The charity has no stated reserves policy target other than retaining funds to cover 12 months of estimated operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£80k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£69k
THE GRIMMITT TRUST	2	£44k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	2	£38k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	2	£31k
THE W E DUNN TRUST	2	£27k
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	2	£25k
LANGDALE TRUST	2	£24k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ELFORD ESTATE CHARITY.

THE ELFORD ESTATE CHARITY income £115k
HIGHBURY income £115k
Birmingham Hospice income £19.1m
THE BIRMINGHAM SETTLEMENT income £2.4m
THE EDMUND TRUST income £11.1m
THE CHRISTOPHER ROWBOTHAM CHARITABLE TRUST income £29k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CROPWOOD ESTATE	£33k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ELFORD ESTATE CHARITY FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HIGHBURY FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Birmingham Hospice FY2025	£19.1m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BIRMINGHAM SETTLEMENT FY2025	£2.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EDMUND TRUST FY2025	£11.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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