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THE COLEBRIDGE TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1155468 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLEBRIDGE TRUST

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the group made a surplus of £81,416 for the year ended 31 March 2024, increasing consolidated free reserves to £611,718. The trustees confirm that these reserves are above their stated policy target of three months' running costs. The auditors reported that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running costs (held: £612k)
“The board aspires to sustain free reserves above a level of three months running costs and this is currently the position.” — page 11
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Colebridge Enterprises Ltd is charged during the year for direct costs and management charges totalling £403,346 (2023 284,245) in respect of staff costs and overheads. All profits in the company are gift aided to the charity. The donation received in the year was £49,151.
“Colebridge Enterprises Ltd is charged during the year for direct costs and management charges totalling £403,346 (2023 284,245) in respect of staff costs and overheads. All profits in the company are gift aided to the charity. The donation received in the year was £49,151.” — page 33
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Colebridge Enterprises Ltd
“The financial statements consolidate the results of the charity and its wholly owned subsidiary Colebridge Enterprises Ltd on a line-by-line basis.” — page 23
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Locke Williams Associates LLP.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£32k
Reserves (reported)
£687k
Employees
47

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2024£1.1m£997k
31/03/2023£935k£913k
31/03/2022£1.1m£1.0m
31/03/2021£962k£796k

Common questions

Is THE COLEBRIDGE TRUST LTD financially healthy?

The accounts state that the group made a surplus of £81,416 for the year ended 31 March 2024, increasing consolidated free reserves to £611,718. The trustees confirm that these reserves are above their stated policy target of three months' running costs. The auditors reported that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Locke Williams Associates LLP.

Who funds THE COLEBRIDGE TRUST LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE COLEBRIDGE TRUST LTD as a grant recipient include THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUSTFY2024£50k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LOUIS AND VALERIE FREEDMAN CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£10k
E F BULMER TRUST1£9k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COBHAM IN THE DIOCESE OF GUILDFORD1£3k
ESHER GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH1£1k

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