SOLIHULL INDOOR BOWLS CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1094579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B.K.B.C., BRICK KILN BOWLS CLUB, S.I.B.C.

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities for playing bowls.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING BOWLS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Latest income
£504k
Latest spending
£469k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £133,617, a figure the trustees consider below their policy target of six to twelve months' expenditure. The trustees acknowledge that reserves have dropped during the year and are actively seeking ways to restore them to operating levels.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“This level of reserves has dropped during the year and the club are actively seeking ways to restore the reserves to operating level.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: SIBC Property Company Limited, SIBC Trading Limited
“The facilities are provided by the two wholly owned subsidiary companies, SIBC Property Company Limited and SIBC Trading Limited.” — page 3
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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

  • Government income: £9,000 — grants £9,000 (1); 4% of the £230,769 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 05/02/2026, 5 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/02/2024, 1 day after the 31/01/2024 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£504k
Total spending
£469k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (50% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£504k£469k
31/03/2024£324k£356k
31/03/2023£231k£272k
31/03/2022£254k£194k
31/03/2021£101k£107k

Common questions

Is SOLIHULL INDOOR BOWLS CLUB LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £133,617, a figure the trustees consider below their policy target of six to twelve months' expenditure. The trustees acknowledge that reserves have dropped during the year and are actively seeking ways to restore them to operating levels. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOLIHULL INDOOR BOWLS CLUB LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOLIHULL INDOOR BOWLS CLUB LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE W E DUNN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE W E DUNN TRUSTFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2024£14kCommunity Hub - Life Changes Social Connections
Sport England18/03/2024£9kIncreasing participation in bowls
UK government18/03/2024£9kALB-Sport England-Increasing participation in bowls
Sport England04/01/2021£7kCOVID19 Return to Play
Sport England18/06/2020£5kCOVID-19 CEF

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
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£200k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CALLINGTON BOWLING CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOLIHULL INDOOR BOWLS CLUB LIMITED£504k—0below—no doubt
CALLINGTON BOWLING CLUB FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYSTON BOWLING CLUB FY2025£43k—0unclear—no doubt
QUORN MILLS PARK BOWLING CLUB FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
DARLINGTON INDOOR BOWLS CLUB LIMITED FY2025£145k—0above—no doubt
RADNORSHIRE INDOOR BOWLS ASSOCIATION FY2025£58k—0above—no doubt

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