BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Registered charity 1165709 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Birmingham City School Improvement
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,321,149, which is equivalent to seven months of expenditure. This level is higher than the charity's stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure, although the trustees note that reserves are lower than the previous year's eight months. The trustees consider this position prudent given the reduction in key funding from Birmingham City Council and uncertainty in forecasting income.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: School Improvement (48% of income)
“The largest single source of income has been via a contract with BCC for the provision of School Improvement Services.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £1.3m)
“It is the practice of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Estelle Morris received £24,000 for consultancy services.
“Estelle Morris received remuneration of £24,000 (2024 £24,000) for consultancy services.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Estelle Morris received remuneration of £24,000 for consultancy services.
“Estelle Morris received remuneration of £24,000 (2024 £24,000) for consultancy services. No employer pension contributions were made by BEP on her behalf.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Birmingham Education Partnership (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Juliet Silverton — CEO (source)
- Baroness Estelle Morris — Chair (source)
- Claire Williams — Director (source)
- Faye Whittle — Director (source)
- Anna Robinson — Director (source)
- Danetta Powell — Director (source)
- Andrew Hodge — Director (source)
- Bethan Gingell — Director (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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).
- ESTELLE MORRIS
- Grant McKelvie
- Katharine Mayfield-Tague
- Mangal Singh
- Matthew Potts
- Parminder Kaur Mudhar
- Peter Weir
- Razia Ali
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,321,149, which is equivalent to seven months of expenditure. This level is higher than the charity's stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure, although the trustees note that reserves are lower than the previous year's eight months. The trustees consider this position prudent given the reduction in key funding from Birmingham City Council and uncertainty in forecasting income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.
Who funds BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST, United by 2022 Charity.
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