THE SOLIHULL MANOR HOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 1168918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOLIHULL MANOR HOUSE TRUST

Solihull Manor House Charity is responsible for the management and conservation of Solihull Manor House and GardensIt facilitates the use of rooms and gardens by local businesses , groups , and community charities . There is a Tea Room which is leased to a local family business. The property is vested in the official custodian of charities .

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PRESERVATION OF THE MANOR HOUSE IN SOLIHULL, WEST MIDLANDS WITH ITS ANCILLARY BUILDINGS AND GARDENS, AS A BUILDING OF HISTORIC AND NATURAL BEAUTY FOR THE BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT OF INHABITANTS OF SOLIHULL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY COHESION.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £4,855 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £73,511. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern and expect the outturn for 2025 to maintain stability.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip James Barhamchair
• Peter Hogarth MBE
• ROBERT MICHAEL COX
• Richard John Harris
• Stanley Thomas Hems

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).