HEART OF ENGLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1117345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · listed website unreachable when last crawled
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total incoming resources were £13,559,348, resulting in an overall increase in funds of £1,385,156 to £28,034,360. The charity reports a healthy operating gain on unrestricted general funds of £511,909, driven largely by local authority contracts. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months core (support and governance) costs (held: £1.6m)
“It is therefore the policy of the Foundation to maintain, always, free reserves of no less than the equivalent of six months core (support and governance) costs.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to company related to former trustee Amrik Bhabra
“The charity paid £11,286 (2024: £20,984), to Adecs Limited, a company related Amrik Bhabra, a former trustee, for IT services.” — page 33
“The charity paid £2,398 (2024: £8,820) to Wright Hassall LLP, a company related to Lucie Byron, a former trustee.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to company related to former trustee Lucie Byron
“The charity paid £11,286 (2024: £20,984), to Adecs Limited, a company related Amrik Bhabra, a former trustee, for IT services.” — page 33
“The charity paid £2,398 (2024: £8,820) to Wright Hassall LLP, a company related to Lucie Byron, a former trustee.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Dafferns Audit Limited.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£160k
Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (07/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (01/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (22/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (22/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (10/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustees
- Jude Jennisonchair
- ALETHEA FULLER
- Daniel Geoffrey William Boardman-Weston
- John Forde · trustee of 1 other charity
- Matthew Rawle Inniss
- Michelle Vincent
- Richard Port MBE
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HEART OF ENGLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?
The accounts state that total incoming resources were £13,559,348, resulting in an overall increase in funds of £1,385,156 to £28,034,360. The charity reports a healthy operating gain on unrestricted general funds of £511,909, driven largely by local authority contracts. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dafferns Audit Limited.
Who funds HEART OF ENGLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HEART OF ENGLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE FOYLE FOUNDATION, THE JABBS FOUNDATION, COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST.
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