THE HAMSTEAD SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE

Registered charity 522747 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision and maintenance of buildings, grounds and bowling green for the people of Hamstead.This allows dance classes, meetings and celebrations and participation in a sporting activity.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUND, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND TRAINING, MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION, SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL INTRCOURSE AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Area of benefit: GREAT BARR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource deficit of £25,252 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £32,356, while total funds including endowments were £515,786. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Corrychair
• Barry Cresswell
• Tracy Hannon

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell · Walsall

Income and spending

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