THE GROVE RESIDENTIAL HOME (SOLIHULL)

Registered charity 1102533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £131,162 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by high occupancy rates and increased income. Unrestricted reserves stood at £889,168, which the trustees consider adequate for ongoing activities and in line with their policy target of six months' running costs. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Residents income (98% of income)

“Residents income 1,527,183” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months running costs (held: £889k)

“The home strives to maintain sufficient funds to enable six months running costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Repairs and maintenance payments to A. J. Huggins, partner of trustee D. Huggins.

“Included in the accounts is £60,620 (2024: £106,835) in respect of repairs and maintenance payments made to A. J. Huggins. A. J. Huggins is the partner of D. Huggins who is a trustee of the charity.” — page 24

“J. Bates, who is a trustee of the charity, is also a governor of Birmingham City University. During the year, Birmingham City University provided physiotherapy services to the charity amounting to £Nil (2024: £2,520).” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Physiotherapy services provided by Birmingham City University, where trustee J. Bates is a governor.

“Included in the accounts is £60,620 (2024: £106,835) in respect of repairs and maintenance payments made to A. J. Huggins. A. J. Huggins is the partner of D. Huggins who is a trustee of the charity.” — page 24

“J. Bates, who is a trustee of the charity, is also a governor of Birmingham City University. During the year, Birmingham City University provided physiotherapy services to the charity amounting to £Nil (2024: £2,520).” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Edwards Pearson & White (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04866257 · Financial health read from its filings

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Michelle Farrugia — Registered Manager (source)
Jayne Bibb — Deputy Manager (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

ELLIS, Catherine Mary — director, appointed 20/04/2021on trustee list
ELLIS, Robert Gareth — director, appointed 18/02/2020on trustee list
BATES, Joseph Richard — director, appointed 14/08/2003not on trustee list
BATES, Joseph Richard — secretary, appointed 09/02/2011

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Grove Residential Home (Solihull) — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 24/02/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£889k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

The Grove Residential Home: Good (12/04/2019) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Mary Ellis
Joseph Richard Bates FCA, DCHA · trustee of 3 other charities
Robert Gareth Ellis

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.6m	£1.4m
31/03/2024	£1.4m	£1.4m
31/03/2023	£1.2m	£1.1m
31/03/2022	£1.1m	£1.0m
31/03/2021	£980k	£823k

Common questions

Is THE GROVE RESIDENTIAL HOME (SOLIHULL) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £131,162 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by high occupancy rates and increased income. Unrestricted reserves stood at £889,168, which the trustees consider adequate for ongoing activities and in line with their policy target of six months' running costs. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Edwards Pearson & White (Audit) Limited.

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	16/12/2022	£10k	The Garden at The Grove

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 RORY AND ELIZABETH BROOKS FOUNDATION	1	£96k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, CASTLE HILL, EALING	1	£35k
MARJORIE COOTE OLD PEOPLES CHARITY FUND	1	£20k
HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUST	1	£10k
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
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Christopher, Hanwell	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH.

GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £154k
THE BROOMGROVE TRUST income £2.7m
GURNELL GROVE COMMUNITY TRUST income £209k
GROVE COMMUNITY PROJECT income £190k
SPRING GROVE SCHOOL 2003 income £2.4m
KINGSGROVE COMMUNITY HUB income £394k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GROVE RESIDENTIAL HOME (SOLIHULL)	£1.6m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GROVE HILL EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£154k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BROOMGROVE TRUST FY2025	£2.7m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURNELL GROVE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£209k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GROVE COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2024	£190k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SPRING GROVE SCHOOL 2003 FY2025	£2.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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