NORTON HALL CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTRE

Registered charity 1112752 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NHCFC

Working towards a community where children and young people are able to fulfill their potential and parents & guardians are equipped to support their families.The charity manages a variety of projects including Community Nursery, Out of School & Holiday Care Project, Positive Activities for Young People, support services for local women, & a range of evening/weekend sports & community facilities

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE HEALTH AND EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, AND IN PARTICULAR TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF DISADVANTAGED WOMEN, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE HODGE HILL, LADYWOOD AND SMALL HEATH CONSTITUENCIES, BY (WITHOUT EXCLUDING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING);A) PROVIDING A COMMUNITY NURSERY AND PROVISION FOR OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDCARE, AND GENERALLY PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDCARE PROVISION AIMED AT MEETING THE NEEDS OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES;B) RUNNING HOLIDAY PLAYSCHEMES AND OTHER CHILDRENS PLAY PROVISION;C) DEVELOPING SUPPORT AND PROVISION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING YOUTH WORK WITH GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN;D) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT;E) PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN, INCLUDING SUPPORTING WOMEN INTO EMPLOYMENT AND ENTERPRISE;F) PROVIDING SUCH FURTHER FACILITIES AS MAY BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Area of benefit: CITY OF BIRMINGHAM - IN PARTICULAR THE HODGE HILL, LADYWOOD AND SMALL HEATH CONSTITUENCIES

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £15,949 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £997,265 and resources expended of £1,013,214. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £257,107 provide just under three months of coverage against the 2026 budget, and they have assessed that sufficient funding will be available to continue operations for the next 12 months.

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.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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• Ofsted — Norton Hall Children and Family Centre: Good · Ofsted

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Norton Hall Children & Family Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• WENDY MARJORIE KERRchair
• GHAZALA PARVEEN
• IFTIKAR KARIM
• JOHN LOUIS FREEMAN
• Karen Louise Cheney · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosemin Ahmed
• Sajda Butt · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHORPE HALL CHILD & FAMILY TRUST.

• NORTHORPE HALL CHILD & FAMILY TRUST income £642k
• The Family & Community Group income £64k
• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• MARCHES FAMILY NETWORK income £285k
• OTLEY ROAD AND UNDERCLIFFE COMMUNITY WORKS income £590k
• MARK HALL AND NETTESWELL COMMUNITY CENTRE income £116k

Side by side with its peers

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