HEART OF BIRMINGHAM VOCATIONAL COLLEGE LTD
Registered charity 1157785 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CALTHORPE VOCATIONAL TRUST
Heart of Birmingham Vocational College (previously Calthorpe Vocational Centre) launched in September 2014. It is a full time day provision that provides individualised learning experiences that develop key employability and supported living skills for students with moderate/severe SEN and ASD needs.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £161,594 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £442,042. The trustees report that the college is stabilising financially, with surpluses being secured and the net current asset position improving to become positive. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by DJH Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Emma Clark — Executive Principal (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.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles 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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (100% 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).
- John Lawrencechair
- David Faulkner
- Klaudia Ratajczak
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HEART OF BIRMINGHAM VOCATIONAL COLLEGE LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £161,594 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £442,042. The trustees report that the college is stabilising financially, with surpluses being secured and the net current asset position improving to become positive. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DJH Audit Limited.
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