SPITFIRE ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD

Registered charity 1143842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CASTLE VALE TENANTS AND RESIDENTS ALLIANCE

Spitfire Advice and Support Services Limited is a charity that exists to provide help, support and information to the most isolated and excluded communities in in Birmingham and the wider region of the West Midlands unlike many other organisations Spitfire Advice and Support Services Limited is very unique organisation as communities sit at the heart of the organisation.

Objects

(A)THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.(B)TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(C)THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.(D)THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE RECLAMATION, RECYCLING; USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS (E) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE RECYCLING AND PROVISION OF FURNITURE, CLOTHES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS (F) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · 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 unrestricted reserves were £110,917, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months of operating costs. The charity reported a net surplus of £32,793 for the year, supported by significant incoming resources from donations and grants, while operating costs remained high due to energy pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Locke Williams Associates LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. 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
• Investment
• 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)

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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Lanechair
• Alec Reid
• Laura Killeen
• Margaret Dunsford
• Tamara-Gabriela Sima

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SERVICE LTD.

• BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SERVICE LTD income £2.4m
• SOUTH BRISTOL ADVICE SERVICES income £411k
• SCAITCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £108k
• SIFA FIRESIDE income £1.9m
• ST. MARGARET'S COMMUNITY TRUST income £243k
• PARTICIPATE PROJECTS income £627k

Side by side with its peers

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