CONSOLIDATED CHARITY OF BURTON UPON TRENT

Registered charity 239072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONSOLIDATED CHARITY

Charity for the benefit of residents of Burton upon Trent (including the neighbouring parishes of Branston, Stretton, Barton-under-Needwood, Tutbury, Rolleston-on-Dove, Tatenhill and Rangemore and the existing civil Parish of Outwoods including South Outwoods.)

Objects

(1) THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION FOR POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE; AND (2) THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT. (3) IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE TRUSTEES MAY TREAT AS WITHIN THESE OBJECTS PERSONS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE WHO ARE RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT BUT IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES OUGHT NEVERTHELESS FOR SUFFICIENT REASON BE TREATED AS RESIDENT THEREIN OR WHO ARE LOCATED FOR THE TIME BEING WITHIN THAT AREA.

Area of benefit: FORMER COUNTY BOROUGH OF BURTON UPON TRENT AS AT 31 MARCH 1974 TOGETHER WITH THE PARISHES OF BRANSTON AND STRETTON AND THE CIVIL PARISH OF OUTWOODS INCLUDING SOUTH OUTWOODS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a strong financial position with net assets increasing to £18.2 million, driven by significant investment gains of £1.2 million. Operating activities generated a surplus, and the charity maintains reserves well above its stated policy target of one year's anticipated expenditure. The going concern basis is supported by strong cash balances and stable income streams from investments and almshouse contributions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Johnson Tidsall Limited. Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £150k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~17.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (77% 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: 24.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BEN ROBINSONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cllr Mr Colin Digby Wileman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Danielle Upton · trustee of 2 other charities
• FLEUR ELIZABETH ROBINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• GEOFFREY BROWN · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Harold Laycock
• John McKiernan · trustee of 2 other charities
• Kim Lorraine Smith
• Louise Caroline Walker · trustee of 1 other charity
• PATRICIA LESLEY ACKROYD
• Philip Anthony Clulow · trustee of 1 other charity
• RONALD JOHN CLARKE
• Rev ROBERT F STYLES
• SANDRA LESLEY PHILLIPS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Saroj Bell
• Shelagh McKiernan
• Simon Peter Gaskin · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stephen Jones
• Wayne John Goodwin

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEESTON CONSOLIDATED CHARITY.

• BEESTON CONSOLIDATED CHARITY income £174k
• BROUGHTON PARISH COMMUNITY CHARITY income £136k
• TOWN LANDS AND UNITED CHARITIES income £43k
• POTTON CONSOLIDATED CHARITY income £175k
• THE COMMUNITY TRUST OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY income £76k
• BURSLEDON & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £70k

Side by side with its peers

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