THOMAS BROMWICH TRUST

Registered charity 214966 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARITY OF THOMAS BROMWICH (ESTATE)

Individual grants in cases of financial hardship in Handsworth, Perry Barr, Great Barr and Kingstanding.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income

£224k

Latest spending

£31k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £179,968, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of maintaining sufficient reserves for twelve months of normal operating activities. The charity reported a net surplus of £24,311 for the year, with investment assets valued at £1,330,441, indicating stable financial resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £180k)

“The Trustees reserves policy is to maintain a sufficient level of unresticted reserves to enable normal operating activities to continue over a period of twelve months should a shortfall in income occur” — page 4

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Jonathan Hoftonchair
DIANA DUGGAN
Heather Elizabeth Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
Jayne Kim Bailey-Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
Martin Rutter · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev ELIZABETH ROSE LONGHURST · trustee of 2 other charities
Revd Daniel David John Payne
Rita Jane Cotterell

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2026	£224k	£31k
28/02/2025	£51k	£31k
29/02/2024	£47k	£36k
28/02/2023	£40k	£34k
28/02/2022	£38k	£29k

Common questions

Is THOMAS BROMWICH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £179,968, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of maintaining sufficient reserves for twelve months of normal operating activities. The charity reported a net surplus of £24,311 for the year, with investment assets valued at £1,330,441, indicating stable financial resources. Its FY2026 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF CHARITY OF SAINT LOUIS CIO	1	£5k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	1	£4k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BHM CHARITABLE TRUST.

BHM CHARITABLE TRUST income £136k
THE IRON BRIDGE TRUST income £390k
BROMSGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £189k
JOHN BRISTOW AND THOMAS MASON TRUST income £107k
THE LORD AUSTIN TRUST income £134k
THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES VOLUNTARY FUND income £264k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THOMAS BROMWICH TRUST	£224k	—	above	—	no doubt
BHM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£136k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE IRON BRIDGE TRUST FY2024	£390k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BROMSGROVE SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2024	£189k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JOHN BRISTOW AND THOMAS MASON TRUST FY2025	£107k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LORD AUSTIN TRUST FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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