DUMBRECK CHARITY

Registered charity 273070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bromsgrove, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£194k
Latest spending
£150k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £5,509,812, which the trustees deem appropriate to sustain grant-making and governance without depleting investment capital. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. The charity relies on investment income and does not actively fundraise.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The trustees consider that the current level of reserves is appropriate to enable them to continue to fund grants and governance costs without significantly reducing the investment capital of the charity. (reserves figure: £5.5m)
“The trustees consider that the current level of reserves is appropriate to enable them to continue to fund grants and governance costs without significantly reducing the investment capital of the charity.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2026

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2026£194k£150k
05/04/2025£190k£175k
05/04/2024£196k£145k
05/04/2023£185k£161k
05/04/2022£172k£165k

Common questions

Is DUMBRECK CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £5,509,812, which the trustees deem appropriate to sustain grant-making and governance without depleting investment capital. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. The charity relies on investment income and does not actively fundraise. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DUMBRECK CHARITY£194k——above—no doubt
D L M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£198k—0unclear—no doubt
THE P B DUMBELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£53k—0below—no doubt
DOCTOR AND MRS ALFRED DARLINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PATRICK TRUST FY2026£348k——unclear—no doubt
THE DU BROW CHARITY FY2025£196k—0unclear—no doubt

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