BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY

Charity number: 1160875
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We are the official charity for Birmingham Children's Hospital and Birmingham Women's Hospital, raising money to provide extra benefits for patients and their families, including new equipment, education and training, and improving hospital surroundings. We also award grants for research. We are the successor charity to 1074850 and 1089035.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity has one or more 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:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 20 December 2017: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • BCH CHARITY (Working name)
  • BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY (Previous name)
Company number:
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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

14 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Catherine Hart Trustee 09 December 2025
None on record
Kirsty Ruth Underhill Trustee 25 March 2025
None on record
James Nicolas Golder Trustee 26 March 2024
None on record
Emma Bryan Trustee 08 March 2023
None on record
Rachel Hemmings Trustee 08 March 2023
None on record
Dr Martin English Trustee 08 March 2023
None on record
Gurmit Kler Trustee 08 March 2023
None on record
Sunita Thakur Trustee 08 March 2023
None on record
Matthew Boazman Trustee 07 December 2022
None on record
Andrew Kirton Trustee 01 February 2020
None on record
Professor Sir Bruce Edward Keogh Trustee 01 July 2019
THE EX FIDE FIDUCIA TRUST
Received: On time
PROFESSOR JONATHAN TRITTER DPHIL Trustee 01 July 2017
None on record
MR AMERDEEP NAGRA Trustee 31 October 2016
None on record
KEITH MARTIN JECKS Trustee 31 October 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £5.53m £6.01m £5.78m £8.15m £10.31m
Total expenditure £5.13m £5.11m £5.78m £10.26m £7.91m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £3.55m £5.01m £4.23m £6.01m £7.79m
Income - Other trading activities £190.00k £83.00k £53.00k £113.00k £131.00k
Income - Charitable activities £1.64m £790.00k £1.36m £1.78m £1.64m
Income - Endowments £0 £943.00k £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £152.00k £130.00k £142.00k £248.00k £747.00k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £594.00k £455.00k £1.78m £1.06m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £3.21m £3.18m £3.60m £7.58m £4.94m
Expenditure - Raising funds £1.92m £1.93m £2.19m £2.68m £2.97m
Expenditure - Governance £0 £134.00k £162.70k £180.50k £168.10k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £7.24m £4.53m
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £86.00k £89.70k £93.30k £105.30k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £91.00k £81.00k £71.00k £86.00k £150.00k
Long-term investments £13.57m £17.37m £19.20m £19.28m £21.55m
Other assets £5.12m £7.94m £11.00m £14.14m £15.36m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £5.78m £7.97m £10.87m £16.49m £15.32m

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 March 2024 28 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 28 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 22 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 22 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 26 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 26 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 06 December 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 06 December 2021 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 29 January 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 29 January 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Linked charities

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Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 26/09/2017
Charitable objects
TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND AT ITS DISCRETION, SO FAR AS MAY BE PERMISSIBLE, THE CAPITAL, FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES RELATING TO THE GENERAL OR SPECIFIC PURPOSES OF BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST OR TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE IN RELATION TO CHILDREN'S SERVICES.
Area of benefit
Registration history
  • 20 December 2017 : Standard registration

Contact information

Address:
5 Rowchester Court
Whittall Street
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6DH
Phone:
0121 333 8657