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FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST

Registered charity 1196813 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BFRIENDS FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST

Charitable support to vulnerable children and families open to Birmingham Children's Trust, including volunteer support and fundraising for activities which support the Trust.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£271k
Latest spending
£364k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £153,128 to £60,346 due to a net movement in funds of £92,782, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity maintains a minimum cash reserve policy of £2,500 to cover governance and audit costs, with unrestricted funds standing at £6,238. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum cash reserve to cover the committed costs relating to governance and audit which currently sits at £2,500 (held: £6k)
“The charity has deemed it needs to maintain a minimum cash reserve to cover the committed costs relating to governance and audit which currently sits at £2,500.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£271k£364k
31/01/2024£492k£492k
31/01/2023£293k£258k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £153,128 to £60,346 due to a net movement in funds of £92,782, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity maintains a minimum cash reserve policy of £2,500 to cover governance and audit costs, with unrestricted funds standing at £6,238. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION1£6k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k
THE DWF FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST£271k—0above—no doubt
THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM PLAYCARE NETWORK FY2025£329k—0above—noted
KIDS TRUST FY2025£57k—0below—no doubt
THE UK FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND FY2025£136k—0below—no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt

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