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MOSELEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1087949 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOSELEY CDT

Moseley Community Development Trust is community owned, led and managed community enterprise. It's purpose is to lead the regeneration of the neighbourhood of Moseley in Birmingham.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£521k
Latest spending
£538k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £17,388 for the 15-month period ended 31 December 2024. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £79,876 exceed their stated policy target of £45,000, and they view the organisation as a going concern. Total funds carried forward were £1,633,729, with unrestricted funds at £163,177.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £50,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“No employee received emoluments of more than £50,000.” — page 19
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £45,000 (held: £80k)
“our medium-term aim is to have a target reserve of £45,000.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee sits on board of donor
“Fiona Adams, a Trustee of Moseley Community Development Trust (until 22nd November 2023), also sits on the board of a donor organisation.” — page 22
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Moseley Community Development Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £730k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£521k
Total spending
£538k
Cost of raising funds
£215k
Reserves (reported)
£80k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% 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: 41.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£521k£538k
30/09/2023£920k£195k
28/02/2023£288k£289k
28/02/2022£172k£266k
28/02/2021£285k£241k

Common questions

Is MOSELEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £17,388 for the 15-month period ended 31 December 2024. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £79,876 exceed their stated policy target of £45,000, and they view the organisation as a going concern. Total funds carried forward were £1,633,729, with unrestricted funds at £163,177. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of MOSELEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £50,000 band.

Who funds MOSELEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MOSELEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST as a grant recipient include THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£745kPurchase of freehold of Moseley Hive and building maintenance manager salary
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15kCommunity Development
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15kCommunity Development
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15kCommunity Development

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/06/2023£10kBuilding Connected Communitites
The National Lottery Community Fund15/05/2020£88kMoseley Together
Birmingham City Council30/04/2020£25kCommunity Hub/Moseley/ Kings Heath& Brandwood/Hall Green

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NETHERTHORPE AND UPPERTHORPE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE1£9k
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ABBEYDALE AND MILLHOUSES1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOSELEY MUSLIM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOSELEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST£521kUnder £50,0000above—no doubt
MOSELEY MUSLIM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£108k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MOSS SIDE AND HULME COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£356k—0unclear—no doubt
MANOR AND CASTLE DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.6m—0above—no doubt
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£253k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MOSAIC COMMUNITY TRUST UK FY2026£202k—0unclear—no doubt

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