THORNBIRCH LIMITED

Registered charity 292991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further both in the United Kingdom and abroad those purposes recognised as charitable by English Law.

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

Latest income
£614k
Latest spending
£616k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £8,245, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £(8,245). The trustees report that the financial position is satisfactory and that systems are in place to manage major risks. The charity relies on donations from related companies for its principal funding.

Automated summary of the FY2023 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.

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

Total income
£614k
Total spending
£616k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£614k£616k
31/03/2024£800k£804k
31/03/2023£975k£966k
31/03/2022£612k£619k
31/03/2021£650k£644k

Common questions

Is THORNBIRCH LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £8,245, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £(8,245). The trustees report that the financial position is satisfactory and that systems are in place to manage major risks. The charity relies on donations from related companies for its principal funding. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THORNBIRCH LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THORNBIRCH LIMITED as a grant recipient include KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2024£24k

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
COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CROWNHOST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THORNBIRCH LIMITED£614k—0unclear—no doubt
CROWNHOST LIMITED FY2025£167k—0unclear—no doubt
THORNBURY U3A FY2025£141k—0above—no doubt
BIRCH HOUSING LIMITED FY2024£1.8m—0below—material uncertainty
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.9m—8below—no doubt
PARKWILL LIMITED FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt

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