THE HAVEN COMMUNITY PROJECT

Registered charity 1138686 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIFT COMMUNITY TRUST

We run a small community centre in Welsh House Farm, Quinton, Birmingham. We offer after school clubs, community lunches, youth activities a play and stay and education/ mentoring/ support around returning to work.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£180k
Latest spending
£163k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total unrestricted reserves of £68,122, which exceeds its stated policy target of £32,000 to £37,000. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 20% and 23% of the annual committed expenditure of the charity, which equates to approimately £32,000 to £37,000 in general funds (held: £68k)
“The trustees consider the appropriate level of free reserves they should retain is between 20% and 23% of the annual committed expenditure of the charity, which equates to approimately £32,000 to £37,000 in general funds.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

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

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£180k£163k
31/03/2024£201k£164k
31/03/2023£164k£123k
31/03/2022£82k£123k
31/03/2021£186k£172k

Common questions

Is THE HAVEN COMMUNITY PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total unrestricted reserves of £68,122, which exceeds its stated policy target of £32,000 to £37,000. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE HAVEN COMMUNITY PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HAVEN COMMUNITY PROJECT as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BONIFACE, QUINTON ROAD WEST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LOCAL TRUSTFY2023£40kBig Local area: St Oswald and Netherton (L30 Million Project)
LOCAL TRUSTFY2023£36kCreative Civic Change
LOCAL TRUSTFY2022£36kCreative Civic Change grant
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BONIFACE, QUINTON ROAD WESTFY2022£500Home missions and other church organisations
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BONIFACE, QUINTON ROAD WESTFY2023£500Home Missions and other church organisations
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BONIFACE, QUINTON ROAD WESTFY2024£500Charitable Giving

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/06/2022£288kFood Justice - Quinton
The National Lottery Community Fund31/03/2020£10kBuilding up
Sport England13/10/2014£5kRise Community Sports
The National Lottery Community Fund06/01/2011£8kPACT Challenge
The National Lottery Community Fund18/08/2008£7kDetached Art Project

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRAWLEY DOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HAVEN COMMUNITY PROJECT£180k—0above—no doubt
CRAWLEY DOWN COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
REST HAVEN FY2025£2.0m—0below—no doubt
HAVEN CARE CARDIFF FY2025£243k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HAVEN WOLVERHAMPTON FY2025£3.8m—0above—no doubt
WHITEHAVEN SOCIAL WELFARE SCHEME FY2024£121k—0above—no doubt

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