SPARK(BURNTWOOD) CIO

Charity number: 1184253
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We operate a community hub on the site of a former childrens' centre, offering a range of groups and activities to benefit the local community in particular pre-school age children and their families.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £212,763
Total expenditure: £191,957

Total income includes £11,482 from 4 government grant(s)

People

5 Trustee(s)

43 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:
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Birmingham City
  • Staffordshire
  • Walsall
  • Wolverhampton

Governance

Registration history:
  • 04 July 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • SPARK (Working name)
  • SPARK(BURNTWOOD) C.I.C (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Frances McCallum Trustee 12 November 2025
None on record
Andrew Twyman Trustee 18 January 2022
None on record
Suzanne Kirk Trustee 26 November 2019
None on record
Sarah Lucas Trustee 26 November 2019
None on record
Rev LINDA HOOD Trustee 04 July 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £72.43k £125.46k £221.20k £241.41k £212.76k
Total expenditure £45.30k £125.72k £202.45k £217.32k £191.96k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £32.61k £35.62k £10.28k £16.20k £11.48k

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 31 August 2024 13 June 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 13 June 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 25 June 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 25 June 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 19 June 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 19 June 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 28 June 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 28 June 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2020 25 June 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 25 June 2021 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.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 Jul 2019

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN BURNTWOOD AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') BY THE PROVISION OF CHILDCARE AND PLAY FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES. 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR CHILDREN, PARENTS, CARERS AND RESIDENTS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITH A PARTICULAR VIEW TO PROMOTIG VOLUNTEERING AND RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT. 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PARENTS, FAMILIES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE AREA TO BENEFIT IN RELATION TO CHILDCARE, PLAY, EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.

Contact information

Address:
SPARK SPRINGHILL
BURNTWOOD
WS7 4UN
Phone:
01543471047
Email:
info@sparkburntwood.co.uk
Website:

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