THE CHRISTADELPHIAN HALL AND BUILDINGS SOCIETY BIRMINGHAM

Registered charity 702637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

the purchase of properties and the granting of funds to aid the provision of accommodation in the form of buildings for the use of the Christadelphian Community

Objects

to promote and advance the religious work of the community known as the Christadelphians with particular focus on serving the community's property needs and the welfare needs of Christadelphian members and others living in Society-owned properties.

Area of benefit: BIRMINGHA AND ELSEWHERE

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £357,963 and total net assets of £2,866,671 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The unrestricted general fund stood at £909,632, which the trustees explicitly state is currently below the level of general reserves potentially required by their reserves policy. The trustees anticipate having sufficient financial resources to continue delivering the charity's objects based on their financial forecasts.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~32.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alistair Scott Firth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Robert Gooding
• DAVID GOULDINGAY
• Jonathan Thompson
• Kevin Hedley Rawlings
• Maurice Gerrard Green · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Peter Griffiths
• Stephen Ashton

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

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Income and spending

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