THE FIELD FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 259569 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOODLANDS TRUST

Grant making is concentrated in the West Midlands and in London within the boundaries of the M25. Grants are usually for equipment, furnishings, running costs, helplines etc. Applications for capital funding for buildings are not accepted but appeals for alterations to existing buildings to comply with health and safety regulations will be considered.

Objects

TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total unrestricted funds were £3,033,556, significantly exceeding its stated reserves policy target of no more than one year of total expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £1,250 for the year, supported by investment income of £91,268 and net gains on investments of £287,089, against total expenditure of £104,997. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the trust's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Field Family Charitable Trust cypnow.co.uk · 01/03/2025

Trustees · trustee networks

• DUNCAN JOHN BAGSHAWchair
• Catherine Guise
• Christopher Houston Houston
• Joanna Margaret McCabe
• ROSALIND MARGARET BAGSHAW

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Throughout London · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• THE PATRICK TRUST income £348k
• EDWARDS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £133k
• THE WEST FOUNDATION income £77k
• BRAMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £35k
• THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
• THE FAMILY FOUNDATION income £86k

Side by side with its peers

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