FRIAR PARK MILLENNIUM CENTRE

Registered charity 1110317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity operates as independent neighbourhood Development Trust, providing a wide range of projects to meet the needs of the people living in Friar Park Ward.Projects delivered in the last 12 months have focused on overcoming economic and social inequalities and disadvantaged.Major focus of our work is aimed at providing services for the elderly, young people and children.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF FRIAR PARK INCLUDING SANDWELL AND ITS WIDER AREAS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT")ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN COOPERATION WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-ACTIVE IN RELIGION.

Area of benefit: FRIAR PARK INCLUDING SANDWELL AND ITS WIDER AREAS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF.

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: Sandwell, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £124,189 against a policy target of three to six months' expenditure, which the trustees consider an acceptable level. The charity reported a net income surplus of £18,264 for the year, with total income of £357,280 and total expenditure of £339,016. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources for future operations.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 03/02/2022, 3 days after the 31/01/2022 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05193577

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.

• BRADSHAW, Samantha Lesley — director, appointed 27/06/2024on trustee list
• COULTHARD, Vicky Jayne — director, appointed 27/04/2022on trustee list
• MATHEWS, Linda — director, appointed 14/10/2009not on trustee list
• JONES, Julie Dawn — secretary, appointed 01/10/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Linda Louise Matthewschair
• Andrew Felton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Billijoe Coulthard
• Samantha Bradshaw
• Vicky Coulthard
• William Brazier

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARTICIPATE PROJECTS.

• PARTICIPATE PROJECTS income £627k
• THE MILFORD MILLENNIUM HALL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £347k
• THE YORKSHIRE DALES MILLENNIUM TRUST income £2.4m
• P R CENTRE LTD income £34k
• CHILTERN FOODBANK income £354k
• FOUNDATIONS INDEPENDENT LIVING TRUST LIMITED income £330k

Side by side with its peers

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