BIRMINGHAM ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Registered charity 1185019 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BASBM

BASBM exists to support and promote school business management practitioners in the c. 400 Birmingham schools in which they work. Their duties include matters essential for schools to thrive such as Finance, HR, Compliance, Governance, etc. and the competent exercise of these duties has become critical to education in schools with the growth of academies and funding constraints.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:1. FACILITATING A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGERS IN BIRMINGHAM TO SHARE IDEAS AND GOOD PRACTICE AND SUPPORT PROBLEM-SOLVING, PRIMARILY VIA THE BASBM WEBSITE;2. ENABLING IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOLS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASPIRATIONS, STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE OF THE INSTITUTE OF SCHOOL BUSINESS LEADERS (ISBL);3. ORGANISING AND HOSTING CONFERENCES AND OTHER EVENTS SUCH AS WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF INVOLVED IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT;4. REPRESENTING MEMBERS IN RELEVANT FORUMS AND RAISING THE PROFESSIONAL PROFILE OF SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONERS.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £10,031 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £91,046 and total expenditure of £81,015. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £147,760, which is above the stated policy target of £100,000. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Scott Brierley-Doylechair
• Anna Stevens
• Brian Baughan
• Chris Christoforou
• Emma Banks
• Harwinder Kaur
• Kara Hanaphy
• Lynne Reeves
• Mandy Winfield
• Ruth Barrett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stuart Jones
• Vicki Broad
• Wendy Mercer

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

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