THE SIR JOHN MIDDLEMORE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1102736 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant givinig to organisations based within the West Midlands Region who offer support to vulnerable children and young people under the age of 25, within that area.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN BIRMINGHAM AND ELSEWHERE, AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, THROUGH EDUCATION, GUIDANCE, COUNSELLING AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: BIRMINGHAM AND ELSEWHERE

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's expenditure exceeded its income by £11,461 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net decrease in total funds. However, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £36,508 and cash reserves sufficient to meet immediate cashflow requirements. The trustees acknowledge that the charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006.

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 5 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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05009290

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.

• BROWN, Yvonne Joyce — director, appointed 14/03/2019on trustee list
• NORMAN, Peter — director, appointed 02/06/2016on trustee list
• TREVETHICK, Linda — director, appointed 04/12/2015on trustee list
• HOLMES, John Graham — director, appointed 16/07/2008on trustee list
• SODEN, Mary Teresa — secretary, appointed 07/01/2004

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN GRAHAM HOLMES
• LINDA JANE TREVETHICK
• PETER NORMAN
• Yvonne Joyce Brown

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

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Income and spending

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