SMART CITIZENS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1182504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN SPARKHILL WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SEX, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR WOMEN IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY) IN PARTICULAR BY: A) RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED; B) ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AND ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH DEVELOPING THEIR CAPACITIES AND SKILLS;C) PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTHD) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION; AND E) INCREASING THEIR EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£158k
Latest spending
£158k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £4,626 at the end of the financial year, derived from total incoming resources of £158,466 against total expenditure of £157,905. The trustees report a good year in terms of donations and envisage that regular funding will continue for the foreseeable future. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document to compare against these actual figures.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Venue Hire- Charity Work (44% of income)
“Venue Hire- Charity Work 54,556”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£158k£158k
31/03/2024£139k£87k
31/03/2023£34k£34k
31/03/2022£172k£172k
31/03/2021£64k£113k

Common questions

Is SMART CITIZENS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £4,626 at the end of the financial year, derived from total incoming resources of £158,466 against total expenditure of £157,905. The trustees report a good year in terms of donations and envisage that regular funding will continue for the foreseeable future. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document to compare against these actual figures. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SMART CITIZENS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SMART CITIZENS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/06/2023£10kFood for Everyone
UK government11/08/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARDIFF AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SMART CITIZENS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION£158k—0unclear—no doubt
CARDIFF AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£4.9m——above—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
As-Siraj Trust FY2025£807k—0unclear—no doubt
The Sultans Fund FY2025£514kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.