THE HARBORNE PARISH LANDS CHARITY

Registered charity 219031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY WORKS WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF HARBORNE (HARBORNE & SMETHWICK AND PARTS OF QUINTON AND BEARWOOD). IT PROVIDES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH SUPPORT PEOPLE IN THE AREA AND ALSO PROVIDES HOUSING WITH SUPPORT FOR 100 ELDELY OR DISABLED PEOPLE

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

Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£2.0m

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £43,633 for the year, which was better than the budgeted deficit of £103,768. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £954,501 in cash and total liquid assets of £7,020,935, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding six months' operating expenditure (£1,080,146).

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“Two members of staff have a remuneration package that exceeds £60,000 including one member of staff whose total remuneration and benefits exceed £70,000.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“Two members of staff have a remuneration package that exceeds £60,000” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 6 months’ operating expenditure (£1,080,146) and 12 months’ maintenance expenditure (£221,806) (held: £7.3m)

“It is the charity’s policy to hold 6 months’ operating expenditure (£1,080,146) and 12 months’ maintenance expenditure (£221,806) in reserve” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from more than £80,000 (FY2024) to more than £60,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

David Jeffery — Chairperson (source)
Steven Simpson — Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£2.0m

Cost of raising funds

£203k

Reserves (reported)

£7.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~41.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (59% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

HARBORNE AND SMETHWICK CHARITABLE TRUST

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£2.0m	£2.0m
30/06/2024	£1.9m	£2.2m
30/06/2023	£1.7m	£1.8m
30/06/2022	£1.6m	£1.5m
30/06/2021	£1.5m	£1.3m

Common questions

Is THE HARBORNE PARISH LANDS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £43,633 for the year, which was better than the budgeted deficit of £103,768. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £954,501 in cash and total liquid assets of £7,020,935, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding six months' operating expenditure (£1,080,146). Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE HARBORNE PARISH LANDS CHARITY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

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
QUORN BAPTIST CHURCH	1	£100k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WESTCLIFF ST PETER	1	£5k
The Edge Ministries	1	£5k
DOGS FOR AUTISM	1	£5k
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	1	£2k
COLCHESTER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ABBEYFIELD (CAMBORNE) SOCIETY LIMITED.

THE ABBEYFIELD (CAMBORNE) SOCIETY LIMITED income £137k
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST income £181k
LAND AND POSSESSIONS OF THE POOR OF ELY OTHERWISE PARSONS' CHARITY income £450k
HAREFIELD PAROCHIAL CHARITIES income £150k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HARBORNE income £882k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HARBORNE PARISH LANDS CHARITY	£2.0m	more than £60,000	2	above	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD (CAMBORNE) SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£137k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST FY2024	£181k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LAND AND POSSESSIONS OF THE POOR OF ELY OTHERWISE PARSONS' CHARITY FY2025	£450k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HAREFIELD PAROCHIAL CHARITIES FY2025	£150k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HARBORNE FY2025	£882k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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