BRIERLEY HILL COMMUNITY FORUM

Registered charity 1102550 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We lead in community regeneration as part of a major physical and economic regeneration project in Brierley Hill. This aims to ensure that local people benefit from the overal project.We work with a wide range of community, voluntary and faith groups in addition to public and private partners.

Objects

1) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES OF BRIERLEY HILL AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE URBAN REGENERATION BEING UNDERTAKEN IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN BRIERLEY HILL AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;B) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;C) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVIDING OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;D) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;E) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;F) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCAREG) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIMEH) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: BRIERLEY HILL, DUDLEY BOROUGH, WEST MIDLANDS

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £5,563 to £3,736, while total funds increased to £22,708 due to restricted funding. The trustees report that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• AgeUK Dudley — “Thank You 1. AgeUK Dudley” (source page)
• Boots Brierley Hill — “3. Boots Brierley Hill” (source page)
• Brierley Hill Civic Society — “4. Brierley Hill Civic Society” (source page)
• Brierley Hill Market Hall — “5. Brierley Hill Market Hall” (source page)
• Brierley Hill Methodist Church — “6. Brierley Hill Methodist Church” (source page)
• Brierley Hill Traders Association — “7. Brierley Hill Traders Association” (source page)
• Brockmoor Primary School — “8. Brockmoor Primary School (4)” (source page)
• Bruce Hodgkiss Family Butcher — “9. Bruce Hodgkiss Family Butcher” (source page)
• Dudley Council for Voluntary Service — “12. Dudley Council for Voluntary Service” (source page)
• Inner Wheel Club of Brierley Hill — “13. Inner Wheel Club of Brierley Hill” (source page)
• Jennings, Homer and Lynch Architects — “14. Jennings, Homer and Lynch Architects” (source page)
• JMC Accountants and Tax Advisers Ltd — “15. JMC Accountants and Tax Advisers Ltd” (source page)
• Jon Stanier Estate Agents — “16. Jon Stanier Estate Agents (2)” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Timothy John Sunterchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ADAM DAVIES
• CLIVE SKIDMORE · trustee of 1 other charity
• FRANK JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN
• KEVIN GERARD GRIPTON
• MS SHONA GILSENAN
• RIDHA AHMED
• SHANE BIRCH-BASTOCK
• STEVEN JOHN BRIDGWATER
• ZOE SUZANNA PATRICIA SKIDMORE

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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