Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 1

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATION TRUST

Restores historic buildings at risk in Birmingham. Promotes the enjoyment and understanding of Birmingham's historic buildings.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£127	£158	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/22		£172	£208	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/21		£232	£147	£85	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/20		£135	£146	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/19		£143	£142	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/18		£143	£142	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£175	£209	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£187	£231	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£659	£218	£441	£13	£1,632	£44	2.4	5	0
31/03/14		£1,108	£66	£1,042	£6	£1,192	£21	3.8	3	0
31/03/13		£56	£120	£-64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£46	£64	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£196	£87	£109	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£67	£63	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£51	£124	£-73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£332	£229	£103	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£15	£69	£-54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£94	£114	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£59	£40	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,537	£1,447	£89	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 27 years

www.birminghamconservationtrust.org

chair@birminghamconservationtrust.org

01212334785

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Birmingham City,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£37,500
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£17,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	09/12/2022	Capping our core costs to keep the Coffin Works Kickin’
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£33,750	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
DCMS - Newman Brothers' Coffin Works
£3,750	19/11/2020	Clearing gutters and downpipes; repairing broken guttering joints; essential putty repairs to window frames and replacing cracked panes; painting exterior window frames
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Birmingham Conservation Trust
£17,000	02/09/2020	COVID19: Birmingham Conservation Trust/The Coffin Works
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Birmingham Conservation Trust
£16,200	24/11/2014	Securing a sustainable future for Birmingham Conservation Trust
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Birmingham Conservation Trust
£105,000	05/06/2013	Towards three posts to help run Newman Brothers Coffin Works as a heritage resource and to assist regeneration in the Ladywood area of Birmingham.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-48

ANNETTE MARIE FRENCH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Project/Programme Manager

BENJAMIN JAMES PARKER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Heritage Professional

JACK WILLIAM HANSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Heritage And Planning Consultant

KERRY JARRETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Educational & Partnership Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/06/1997, number: 1063124
Registered at Companies House on 29/05/1997, number: 03380637

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Investment
Paying staff
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR06: 13 days late,

Main office

Birmingham Conservation Trust Ltd
The Coffin WORKS
13-15 Fleet Street
BIRMINGHAM
B3 1JP

Objectives

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF BIRMINGHAM IN THE COUNTY OF WEST MIDLANDS AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, WHATEVER OF THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AFORESAID IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 336(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST AND TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS REGARDS THE OCCUPATION AND USE OF SUCH BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THEIR HISTORY

Defined Area of Benefit:

BIRMINGHAM IN THE COUNTY OF WEST MIDLANDS

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