COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES

Registered charity 228486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES AND OTHERS, COVENTRY CHURCH CHARITIES

Almshouses for the elderly

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

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves increased to £284,685, though the Trustees note these have generally been at a very low level and intend to rebuild funds. The charity reports a surplus for the year of £350,192 but highlights tight cashflow and increased voids impacting income from supported housing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations from Bond's Hospital Estate Charity (29% of income)
“Donations - Bond’s Hospital Estate Charity 362,715” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related party transaction
“One of the Trustees is also a Feoffee of Bonds Hospital Estate Charity. The Feoffees make annual distributions to the Charity. Total distributions in the 12 months to 31 March 2025, amounted to £362,715” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dafferns Audit Limited. Discloses 2 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£285k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Coventry City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.1m
31/03/2022£1.2m£928k
31/03/2021£1.2m£850k

Common questions

Is COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves increased to £284,685, though the Trustees note these have generally been at a very low level and intend to rebuild funds. The charity reports a surplus for the year of £350,192 but highlights tight cashflow and increased voids impacting income from supported housing. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dafferns Audit Limited.

Who funds COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES as a grant recipient include THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/06/1999£183k"Bonds Hospital Chimney, Coventry"

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 BATCHWORTH TRUST1£15k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
Moto Foundation1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY CHURCH COVENTRY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
CITY CHURCH COVENTRY FY2025£190k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COVENTRY FREEMEN'S CHARITY FY2024£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
NEWBURY MUNICIPAL CHARITIES FY2024£221k—0unclear—no doubt
COVENTRY CYRENIANS LIMITED FY2025£2.3m£80,001 - £90,0001above—no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt

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