WEST MIDLANDS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND

Charity Number: 1186628
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The benevolent fund provides grants to serving and retired police officers and serving and retired employees of the West Midlands Police and any other Qualifying Police Organisations suffering from financial hardship or who have a charitable need. Also supports organisations associated with policing for eg, sponsorship of events or funding towards activities.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £299,232
Total expenditure: £291,436

People

8 Trustee(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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Birmingham City
  • Coventry City
  • Dudley
  • Sandwell
  • Solihull
  • Walsall
  • Wolverhampton

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 November 2019: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • PRE-CHARITY REGISTRATION THE COMPANY'S NAME WAS WMP BENEVOLENT FUND (Working name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
John Kevin Williams Chair 06 November 2009
None on record
Susan clare Cleeton Trustee 29 July 2022
None on record
Stephen John Groves Trustee 07 April 2021
ST THOMAS MORE PTFA (PARENTS TEACHERS FRIENDS ASSOCIATION)
Received: On time
Patrick Leonard Wing MBE Trustee 07 April 2021
None on record
Richard Youds Trustee 15 December 2017
None on record
Nicholas Simpson Trustee 22 July 2016
None on record
Gillian Elaine Hazelwood Trustee 01 March 2002
None on record
Simon Gilbert Westwood Trustee 28 March 1996
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £238.47k £279.42k £271.77k £299.23k
Total expenditure £238.19k £268.75k £312.63k £291.44k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £22.67k £32.43k £5.33k N/A

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 December 2023 08 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 08 May 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 10 May 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 10 May 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 20 July 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 20 July 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 13 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 13 September 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 MAR 1996 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12 JUL 2019 as amended on 08 Sep 2021

Charitable objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1.1.1 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING, DISTRESS OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THE BENEFICIARIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SUCH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME; AND 1.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) IN CONNECTION WITH POLICING AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Contact information

Address:
WEST MIDLANDS POLICE BENEVOLENT FUN
Guardian House
2111 Coventry Road
Sheldon
Birmingham
B26 3EA
Phone:
01217524919
Email:
stevenewbury@wmpben.co.uk
Website:

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