THE SIR BARRY JACKSON COUNTY FUND

Registered charity 517306 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotion of dramatic art in the West Midlands

Objects

UPON TRUST TO PAY OR APPLY THE SAME AS AND WHEN THEY SHALL THINK FIT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY COUNCIL OF GENERAL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE ART OF DRAMA AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTION (INCLUDING ALL MANUAL, TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH THEATRE PRODUCTION) AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART IN ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS OR IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF OBJECTS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE TRUST DEED).

Area of benefit: GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY COUNCIL

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £253,715 for the year, driven by a £176,185 loss on investments which reduced total net assets from £2,190,407 to £1,936,692. The trustees maintain that the level of funds held and expected income are sufficient to continue as a going concern, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by JW Hinks LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEBORAH MARY SHAWchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amelia Rose Ladbrook · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carnette Venetta Richardson-Jacquet
• Davinder Dosanjh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Steven Derrick Ball · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edmund Peter Collier · trustee of 2 other charities
• GRAHAM JAMES SAUNDERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hugh Sergio Blackwood · trustee of 2 other charities
• Naylah Ahmed · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neil Paul Reading · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR CLAIRE ELIZABETH COCHRANE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Mark Alan Evans · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stuart James Rogers · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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

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