THE GRIMMITT TRUST

Registered charity 801975 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants to charitable causes within the scope of the Trust Deed to encourage and strengthen community activities in Birmingham, Dudley,Wolverhampton and Walsall postcode areas.The Trust does not normally support national charities, CICs or social enterprises.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£587k
Latest spending
£373k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £547,628, an increase from the previous year, supported by a significant rise in investment income and gains. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, with the Trustees considering the variability of investment returns as the major financial risk.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate funds are available to cover future unforeseen eventualities (held: £548k)
The Trustees annually review the level of reserves retained in unrestricted funds, which are retained to the extent considered necessary to ensure that adequate funds are available to cover future unforeseen eventualities. — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Two Trustees are directors of Kite Connexion Holdings Limited and its trading subsidiaries. Three Trustees are shareholders of Kite Connexion Holdings Ltd. £100,000 dividend was paid in the reporting period from Kite Connexion Holdings Limited.
Two Trustees are directors of Kite Connexion Holdings Limited and its trading subsidiaries. Three Trustees are shareholders of Kite Connexion Holdings Ltd. £100,000 dividend was paid in the reporting period from Kite Connexion Holdings Limited (2023: £0). In the reporting period expenses payments to Trustees totalled £0 (2023: £46). Trustee expenses incurred but not claimed in the financial year totalled £0 (2023: £0). Certain Trustees of The Grimmitt Trust are also Trustees of other charities to which the Trust makes grants. Procedures are in place to ensure these Trustees are not unduly influential in the decision to award grants to these charities. — page 24
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Kite Connexion Limited, Static Safe Environments Limited
The unquoted investment represents the Trust’s 50% holding in Kite Connexion Holdings Limited and its trading subsidiaries Kite Connexion Limited and Static Safe Environments Limited. — page 22
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£587k
Total spending
£373k
Reserves (reported)
£761k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~24.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£587k£373k
05/04/2024£431k£371k
05/04/2023£328k£368k
05/04/2022£371k£342k
05/04/2021£304k£310k

Common questions

Is THE GRIMMITT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £547,628, an increase from the previous year, supported by a significant rise in investment income and gains. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, with the Trustees considering the variability of investment returns as the major financial risk. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Forvis Mazars LLP.