BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HOSTING NETWORK

Charity Number: 1151763
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Providing support through community hospitality to vulnerable asylum seekers in the West Midlands, including: - Hosting Network: short term accommodation for destitute asylum seekers in the homes of volunteers - Family Befriending: befriending scheme for young refugees living the UK without their families

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 01 April 2024

Total income: £118,193
Total expenditure: £80,120

Total income includes £26,775 from 4 government grant(s)

People

8 Trustee(s)

35 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Birmingham City
  • Coventry City
  • Dudley
  • Sandwell
  • Solihull
  • Walsall

Governance

Registration history:
  • 25 April 2013: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • BIRCH (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Andrew Peter Jolly Trustee 22 November 2024
STILL WATERS HOUSE
Received: On time
The Reverend Prebendary David Ellis Newsome Trustee 01 March 2024
None on record
Fatima Batool Trustee 26 July 2023
None on record
Isobel Shirley Knowles Trustee 26 July 2023
ELIZABETH DOWELL'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST
Recently registered
Kamila Khalid Trustee 15 May 2022
None on record
Emma Hawthorne Trustee 15 May 2022
None on record
Katherine Green Trustee 25 August 2021
None on record
Christopher Colin Benfield Trustee 09 June 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 01/04/2020 01/04/2021 01/04/2022 01/04/2023 01/04/2024
Total gross income £85.30k £13.69k £56.76k £68.68k £118.19k
Total expenditure £38.70k £39.44k £44.13k £69.26k £80.12k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £41.00k N/A N/A N/A £26.78k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 01 April 2024 08 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2024 08 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2023 31 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2023 31 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2022 30 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2022 30 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2021 23 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2021 Not Required
Annual return 01 April 2020 01 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2020 01 December 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 05/02/2013

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR WHO ARE REFUGEES, AND WHO RESIDE IN THE WEST MIDLANDS. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE AWAITING AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

Contact information

Address:
204
Scott House
The Custard Factory
Gibb St
Phone:
07834805276
Email:
birchnetwork@gmail.com
Website:

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