CASTLE BROMWICH HALL AND GARDENS TRUST

Registered charity 516855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CASTLE BROMWICH HALL GARDENS TRUST

Preservation of a Historic Garden

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THAT PART OF THE GARDENS ADJOINING CASTLE BROMWICH HALL IN THE COUNTY OF WEST MIDLANDS WHICH WERE CONVEYED TO THE TRUST BY A CONVEYANCE DATED 31 DECEMBER 1986 BETWEEN THE RIGHT HONOURABLE RICHARD THOMAS ORLANDO (SEVENTH) EARL OF BRADFORD THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOANNE ELIZABETH COUNTESS OF BRADFORD AND DAVID JAMES CHALLENGER WESTON.(B) TO ACQUIRE OTHER LAND ADJOINING THE GARDENS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (A) ABOVE WHICH AT ONE TIME FORMED PART OF THE CASTLE BROMWICH HALL ESTATE IN THE COUNTY OF WEST MIDLANDS INCLUDING CASTLE BROMWICH HALL, ITS GARDENS AND THE PARKLAND ADJOINING, ALL SUCH LAND BEING SHOWN FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFICATION EDGED RED ON THE ATTACHED PLAN.(C) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION, RESTORATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF ALL LAND ACQUIRED BY THE TRUST UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) ABOVE

Area of benefit: CASTLE BROMWICH, WEST MIDLANDS

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £109,726 and restricted reserves of £179,994. However, the trustees report a precarious financial position, noting an annual funding gap of around £140,000 and that the charity has returned accounting deficits for a number of years. Despite these challenges, the trustees confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Ruth Wolferstan
• Bethan Collerton
• Eleanor Mary Lovell
• George Edward Richards · trustee of 4 other charities
• Michael Harry Ruff

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GWRYCH CASTLE PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED.

• GWRYCH CASTLE PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £980k
• WHITTINGTON CASTLE PRESERVATION TRUST income £223k
• FRIENDS OF THE SWISS GARDEN income £32k
• BARRACKS LANE COMMUNITY GARDEN income £33k
• HAMPSHIRE GARDENS TRUST income £67k
• MOTHECOMBE PRESERVATION TRUST income £159k

Side by side with its peers

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