ST PAUL'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 508943 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main activities of the Charity are facilities and services for education, support, training, recreation and leisure time occupation for children and young people resident in Balsall Heath and the surrounding area, and where appropriate the remainder of the community, including: the establishment and management of environmental projects, health services, family support services, community etc.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR EDUCATION, SUPPORT, TRAINING, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS RESIDENT IN BALSALL HEATH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS, HEALTH SERVICES, FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, COMMUNITY EVENTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING AND THE PROVISION OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO OTHER VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, BEING FACILITIES - (A) OF WHICH SUCH PERSONS HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, POVERTY, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY; AND (B) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING..

Area of benefit: BALSALL HEATH AND SURROUNDING AREA

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £12,485 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, total funds carried forward stood at £1,378,261, with the trustees considering the financial position to be satisfactory and adequate to support the continuation of the Trust for the medium term.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thomas & Young Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01429707

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DAWO, Chilufya — director, appointed 14/07/2025on trustee list
• BARNETT, Carol Viola — director, appointed 14/07/2025on trustee list
• ALI, Kashaf — director, appointed 11/01/2023on trustee list
• MEREDITH, Elaine — director, appointed 03/03/2022on trustee list
• CHEW, Paul Jonathan — director, appointed 05/03/2020on trustee list
• REARDON, Clare — director, appointed 18/12/2019on trustee list
• SHEPHERD, Nicholas Robert — director, appointed 12/10/2015on trustee list
• WING, Patrick Leonard — director, appointed 11/02/2009on trustee list
• HANRAHAN, Elaine — secretary, appointed 01/11/2021

Official officers record.

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)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Viola Barnett
• Chilufya Dawo
• Clare Reardon
• Elaine Meredith
• Kashaf Ali
• Nicholas Shepherd
• PATRICK WING
• Paul Chew

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

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 SANDALE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

• SANDALE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £184k
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £253k
• LEIGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £379k
• DESBOROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £66k
• WILLENHALL COMMUNITY HEALTH AND RESOURCE TRAINING CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £234k
• MORETONHAMPSTEAD DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £258k

Side by side with its peers

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