Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

BOURNVILLE VILLAGE TRUST 

Bournville Village Trust is a leading housing association, founded in 1900 by Geroge Cadbury, with the overall aim of creating and sustaining flourishing communities:By promoting new social housing of good quality which enhances the environmentBy managing housing stock and estates to the highest standard for all residentsBy encouraging residents to share in decisions affecting communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • There is a pension deficit of £322,000

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
31/12/22£48,944£25,932£23,012£0£58,772£50,25123.321260
31/12/21£36,640£26,273£10,367£0£35,760£27,84612.7241468
31/12/20£28,000£29,921£-1,921£0£25,393£17,8627.2257853
31/12/19£28,814£28,025£789£0£27,314£20,8488.9256201
31/12/18*£27,376£22,216£5,160£0£26,494£20,60011.1262150
31/12/17£28,028£23,797£4,231£0£22,572£17,1898.72780
31/12/16£30,139£34,147£-4,008£0£18,341£13,6704.82780
31/12/15£27,145£21,139£6,006£2,111£22,349£18,20310.33000
31/12/14£27,337£21,500£5,837£2,827£45,548£42,58123.83000
31/12/13£25,804£21,353£4,451£3,317£44,545£41,94723.62940
31/12/12£22,696£18,068£4,628£1,368£43,252£41,00727.22840
31/12/11£22,321£16,298£6,023£1,421£53,842£51,549382770
31/12/10£19,711£15,233£4,478£1,011£40,957£40,07731.62620
31/12/09£17,831£15,012£2,819£1,184£37,827£37,05029.62600
31/12/08£16,842£17,198£-356£1,046£35,939£34,85124.32690
31/12/07£16,467£16,428£39£919£35,159£34,08424.92760
31/12/06£16,154£15,863£291£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£15,506£14,076£1,430£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£15,030£15,356£-326£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 68%
Liabilities/Income: 256%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 23.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 61 years

bvt.org.uk

enquiries@bvt.org.uk

03003336540

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Shropshire, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 212 employees
  • 60 volunteers

Who's supporting 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund£8,500
DCMS£5,640
Heart Of England Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Everyday Heritage: Building Bournville - discovering the histories of people in Bournville
£5,640 01/12/2022
Everyday Heritage: Building Bournville - discovering the everyday histories of working class people in Bournville [too many characters for project name box]
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Bournville Village Trust
£5,000 01/04/2021
Demand for the support is still continuing and we would like £5,000 to continue our work in this area.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bournville Village Trust - Selly Manor Museum
£8,500 04/09/2020
COVID19:Bournville Village Trust- Selly Manor Museum
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 13/12/2017
Selly Manor Museum New Toilet Facilities
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bournville Village Trust - Selly Manor Museum
£14,000 30/08/2017
Bringing Bournville's History to Life
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bournville Village Trust - Selly Manor Museum
£29,200 29/08/2014
Selly Manor reinterpretation project
Sport England - Angling For Some Fun...
£28,432 22/08/2013
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Angling For Some Fun...'. This project lists its main activity as Angling. This funding has ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Safeguarding DVD For Housing Associations
£10,000 30/03/2010
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A project by this Bournville, Birmingham based charity to promote a stronger community. They will create a DVD about safeguarding for children, young people and vulnerable adults. It will be used ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/09/1963, number: 219260
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Homes England
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 13 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SHENLEY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TRUST on 04/02/2022
Main office

Bournville Village Trust
350 Bournville Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B30 1QY

Objectives

THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WORKING-CLASS AND LABOURING POPULATION IN AND AROUND BIRMINGHAM AND ELSEWHERE IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE PROVISIONS OF IMPROVED DWELLINGS WITH GARDENS AND OPEN SPACES TO BE ENJOYED THEREWITH, AND BY GIVING THEM FACILITIES FOR PURCHASING OR ACQUIRING THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE ABOVE, DEED OF FOUNDATION DATED 14TH DECEMBER 1900).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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