GRENDON AND BILLESLEY NURSERY AND FAMILY CENTRE

Registered charity 1150223 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GBNFC

The charity runs a childrens nursery in the Kings Heath area of Birmingham

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE NURSERY AND FAMILY CENTRE ARE, IN BILLESLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS ARE:1. TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13 BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.2.THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF GOOD QUALITY CHILDCARE, A RESOURCE AND ADVICE CENTRE, AND BY THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GOOD PARENTING SKILLS;3. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £438,259 for the year ended 30 November 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £720,991. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, which they consider sufficient to ensure continuity of activities. The independent auditors reported 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

Accounts audited by M T Manley & Co Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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
• 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
• 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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Louise Smith — Group Manager (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Neighbour Nursery Initiative — “The Grendon and Billesley Nursery and Family Centre became the first of our provision that was funded through the Neighbour Nursery Initiati…” (source page)
• Barnardos — “In 2017 under the new BFS (Birmingham Forward Steps ) we were asked to provide the Children’s Centre service under a Barnardos sub contract.” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeanette Hill
• John Eng K Bloomfield
• Katherine Victoria Barwell
• Lynne Bishop
• Phelina Verniece Parmar
• Susan Ford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sylvia Phyllis Fry

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SELLY WICK PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

• SELLY WICK PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £139k
• BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED income £2.3m
• KING SQUARE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD income £789k
• BIRMINGHAM PLAYCARE NETWORK income £329k
• Belbroughton Nursery income £132k
• THE HEATHERS NURSERY income £194k

Side by side with its peers

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