WEST BROMWICH BUILDING SOCIETY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1205559 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Objects of the Foundation are to promote, by means of the making of grants the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, particularly in relation to housing and financial education with the objective of helping people to lead independent and financially stable lives.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE TO PROMOTE, BY MEANS OF THE MAKING OF GRANTS OR BY ANY OTHER ACTS WHICH THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER APPROPRIATE IN PURSUIT OF THE OBJECTS:(A) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND RENTED ACCOMMODATION IN ORDER TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, HELP THEM IN BECOMING INDEPENDENT.(B) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR POVERTY BY APPROPRIATE MEANS SUCH AS ADVANCING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN UNDERSTANDING AND ACHIEVING FINANCIAL STABILITY; AND(C) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME;(D) AND IN EACH CASE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND PRINCIPALLY WITHIN (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS WITHIN WHICH THE WEST BROMWICH BUILDING SOCIETY’S BRANCH NETWORK IS BASED.

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 held unrestricted reserves of £358,542 at the end of the financial year, with no expenditure incurred during the period. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in business. The filing notes that it is not the trustees' long-term intention to hold a material level of undistributed reserves.

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 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 14541597

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JONES, Andrew — director, appointed 11/07/2024on trustee list
• GLENHOLME, Gurvinder Kaur — director, appointed 13/12/2023on trustee list
• PAZZAGLIA, Sophie — director, appointed 01/06/2023on trustee list
• WESTHOFF, Jonathan — director, appointed 14/12/2022on trustee list
• PENNELLS, Sarah Louise — secretary, appointed 11/11/2024

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Westhoffchair
• ANDREW KENNETH JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gurvinder Glenholme
• Sophie Pazzaglia

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION income £3.3m
• THE POINT FOUNDATION income £102k

Side by side with its peers

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