HARVEST FIELDS CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1116654 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Conference centre and venue.Operating the Harvest Fields Church and Community Centre on the Harvest Fields development in Sutton Coldfield for the benefit of the public at large including as a conference centre and venue; advancing the Christian faith including providing a place for a Christian church to meet.

Objects

TO OPERATE THE HARVEST FIELDS CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE IN SUTTON COLDFIELD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE; TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR A CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO MEET.

Area of benefit: SUTTON COLDFIELD

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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Latest income

£305k

Latest spending

£346k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £32,357 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by lower-than-budgeted delegate numbers and increased costs. Despite this, unrestricted reserves stood at £92,320, which the Directors consider appropriate for future activities, and they confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: appropriate given their plans for the future activities of the charity (held: £92k)

“This is a level of reserves identified by the Directors as appropriate given their plans for the future activities of the charity.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Purchase of honey from trustee Philippa Gilmour

“During the year, we purchased honey for resale from Philippa Gilmour, a trustee, for the amount of £972. At the year-end £448 was outstanding.” — page 14

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
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
Paying staff
Risk management
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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05932955

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.

ROBINSON, Susan Joy — director, appointed 12/02/2019on trustee list
NICOL, Richard Anthony — director, appointed 16/12/2010on trustee list
COLE, Edward Ian — director, appointed 16/12/2010on trustee list
GILMOUR, Philippa Suzanne — director, appointed 16/12/2010on trustee list
GIBBINS, Paul Trevor — director, appointed 16/11/2010on trustee list
GILMOUR, Janet Anne — director, appointed 12/09/2006on trustee list
ROBINSON, Susan Joy — secretary, appointed 12/02/2019

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

Philippa Gilmourchair · trustee of 1 other charity
IAN COLE · trustee of 1 other charity
JANET ANNE GILMOUR · trustee of 7 other charities
Paul Trevor Gibbins · trustee of 2 other charities
RICHARD ANTHONY NICOL · trustee of 1 other charity
SUSAN JOY ROBINSON · trustee of 6 other charities

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£305k	£346k
31/12/2023	£336k	£311k
31/12/2022	£310k	£277k
31/12/2021	£204k	£207k
31/12/2020	£196k	£191k

Common questions

Is HARVEST FIELDS CENTRE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £32,357 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by lower-than-budgeted delegate numbers and increased costs. Despite this, unrestricted reserves stood at £92,320, which the Directors consider appropriate for future activities, and they confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE BOLTINI TRUST	1	£12k
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARVESTERS INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE.

HARVESTERS INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £985k
HARVEST CITY CHURCH income £1.7m
HARVEST CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL UK income £388k
UKHARVEST LIMITED income £1.1m
WORLD HARVEST CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £138k
GLOBAL HARVEST CHURCH (LONDON) income £176k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HARVEST FIELDS CENTRE LTD	£305k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
HARVESTERS INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2024	£985k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HARVEST CITY CHURCH FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HARVEST CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL UK FY2025	£388k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UKHARVEST LIMITED FY2025	£1.1m	£100,001 - £110,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
WORLD HARVEST CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2024	£138k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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