BERKSWELL CHARITIES

Registered charity 1194243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Parish of Berkswell and surrounding area. Provision of a site for a school in Berkswell; provision of Almshouse accommodation; donations to the CofE church in Berkswell for repairs to fabric and contents; further religious purposes; advancement of education of pupils in the principles of the CofE; other charitable purposes including relief of poverty; making grants to individuals/ organisations.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT:A (I) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SITE FOR THE SCHOOL (WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE EDUCATION ACTS) IN OR NEAR BERKSWELL, WEST MIDLANDS; AND(II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES, FACILITIES AND SPECIAL BENEFITS OF ANY KIND NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AND ITS PUPILS.(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION.(C) TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE PARISH BY MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING THE FABRIC AND CONTENTS OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF BERKSWELL.(D) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES THINKS FIT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Solihull, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,240,066, which the trustees consider sufficient for ongoing viability against a stated target of £300,000. The total net assets decreased to £11,578,781 from £12,077,793 in the prior year, primarily due to investment losses and the absence of fixed asset revaluations, though the charity remains solvent and able to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Armstrongs Accountancy Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

14 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (14 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW JOHN YATES
• CHRISTOPHER THOMAS POWELL BA, FCA
• DAVID STEWART BELL
• Dr MELANIE LAKE
• NORMAN VINCENT CHILDS
• Rev Mark Quinn Bratton · trustee of 2 other charities
• STEPHEN JOHN BERESFORD URRY
• SUSAN MARGARET WALTON

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES.

• AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES income £102k
• BECKENHAM PAROCHIAL CHARITY income £62k
• BEWDLEY ALMSHOUSES income £70k
• THE CUCKFIELD SOCIETY income £10k
• DEVIZES ASSIZE COURT TRUST income £59k
• THE HEREFORD CATHEDRAL ALMSHOUSES CHARITY income £316k

Side by side with its peers

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