KARIS NEIGHBOUR SCHEME

Registered charity 1133510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHOLECARE(KNS)

KARIS NEIGHBOUR SCHEME SEEKS TO OFFER PRACTICAL SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP AND ADVOCACY IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF. WE AIM TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY LINKS AND ADDRESS NEEDS UNMET BY OTHER ORGANISATIONS.

Objects

TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF PRACTICAL OR OTHER HELP BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE BIRMINGHAM CITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£409k

Latest spending

£415k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £165,472, an increase from the previous year's £160,181. The charity reports being viable for the year ahead, with funding secured for key services through NHS and council partnerships until at least 2027.

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 3 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 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
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 87
Government income: £235,174 — contracts £122,671 (6), grants £112,503 (9); 57% of the £409,323 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 81
Government income: £167,668 — contracts £70,966 (6), grants £96,702 (8); 45% of the £374,110 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 70
Government income: £94,373 — contracts £22,140 (3), grants £72,233 (6); 31% of the £306,838 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander Elphinston · trustee of 1 other charity
Andy Northcott
DR ROSS BRYSON · trustee of 3 other charities
Dr Gillian Ruth Harley-Mason
Elizabeth Cudjoe
Henry Aggrey
Kathryn Anne Miles
REBECCA JOY CUTHBERT

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£409k	£415k
31/12/2024	£374k	£375k
31/12/2023	£307k	£308k
31/12/2022	£304k	£284k
31/12/2021	£271k	£248k

Common questions

Is KARIS NEIGHBOUR SCHEME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £165,472, an increase from the previous year's £160,181. The charity reports being viable for the year ahead, with funding secured for key services through NHS and council partnerships until at least 2027. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KARIS NEIGHBOUR SCHEME?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KARIS NEIGHBOUR SCHEME as a grant recipient include THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST, C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST, HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST, WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£75k	36% of running costs over 3-years for the family support service at a youth and family support charity in Nottingham.
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£67k
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	FY2023	£15k
HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£12k	Grants - Holistic Mission
HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£10k	Grants - Holistic Mission
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k	Community Action
HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k	Holistic Mission
THE SHELDON TRUST	FY2024	£8k	Community Projects
HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£8k	Grants - Holistic Mission
BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL	FY2021	£8k	Three grants (2500x2, 2100)
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	FY2025	£6k	Prevention or Relief of Poverty
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	FY2023	£5k	Seeking funds for work that supports families/older people in challenging circumstances
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Prevention or Relief of Poverty
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k	5% of core costs for a family support charity operating in Birmingham.
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	FY2021	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE EDGBASTON BIRMINGHAM	FY2025	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE EDGBASTON BIRMINGHAM	FY2024	£5k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Community Projects and Engagement
THE GRIMMITT TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE GRIMMITT TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE GRIMMITT TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE GRIMMITT TRUST	FY2021	£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k	Care and Social Welfare
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	FY2024	£1k	Prevention or Relief of Poverty
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	FY2024	£1k	Seeking funds for work that supports families/older people in challenging circumstances
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2024	£1k	Community Inclusion and Engagement
DUMBRECK CHARITY	FY2024	£500	Social Welfare
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2025	£500	Poverty

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/07/2007	£479k	Ladywood Well-being Centre

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 PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£4.8m
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.3m
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME	1	£775k
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	1	£748k
REUBEN FOUNDATION	1	£556k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£261k
The Trevor Hemmings Foundation	1	£143k
THE QUILTER FOUNDATION	1	£137k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CROSS GATES & DISTRICT GOOD NEIGHBOURS'SCHEME CIO.

CROSS GATES & DISTRICT GOOD NEIGHBOURS'SCHEME CIO income £416k
NEIGHBOURHOOD RESOURCE CENTRE income £129k
GOOD NEIGHBOURS IN NORTH CARDIFF income £33k
BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £300k
CARERS TRUST income £13.0m
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' CONVALESCENT SCHEME income £52k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KARIS NEIGHBOUR SCHEME	£409k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CROSS GATES & DISTRICT GOOD NEIGHBOURS'SCHEME CIO FY2025	£416k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NEIGHBOURHOOD RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025	£129k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GOOD NEIGHBOURS IN NORTH CARDIFF FY2026	£33k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BARNES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£300k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CARERS TRUST FY2025	£13.0m	—	—	above	8.0%	no doubt

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