Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 8

BIRMINGHAM CHURCHES TOGETHER

Foster, encourage and develop unity and cooperation between Christian Churches to better serve the wider community of Birmingham and Solihull, regardless of class, status or ethnicity.Supporting refugees and asylum seekers through RestoreOffering family learning through BCT Training

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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

Established: 59 years

www.birminghamchurches.org.uk

office@birminghamchurches.org.uk

01216614273

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£164	£209	£-45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/21	£191	£153	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	124
31/12/20	£231	£165	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	117
31/12/19	£148	£264	£-115	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	104
31/12/18	£239	£240	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	120
31/12/17	£232	£228	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£290	£240	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£273	£227	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£203	£230	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£249	£206	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£196	£214	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£212	£248	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£188	£277	£-89	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£225	£252	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	£256	£228	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	£200	£226	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	£208	£203	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£189	£193	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£195	£175	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Solihull,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 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

Barrow Cadbury Trust	£80,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,836
Crowdfunder	£6,340
Allen Lane Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Networking, advocacy and communications work 2022-2024
£40,000	22/10/2022	To continue to support Restore's networking, advocacy and communications work.
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£6,340	05/05/2022	Covid response
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Birmingham Churches Together - Restore
£5,000	11/03/2021	£5,000 single grant towards core costs of the befriending service at this charity working with refugees and asylum seekers
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Networking, co-ordination, advocacy and communications (2020-2022)
£40,000	24/10/2020 24	To continue to fund Restore's networking, advocacy, communications and co-ordination work.
National Lottery Community Fund - Restore - Befriending refugees and asylum seekers - Covid 19
£20,836	04/06/2020 6	This funding will help to continue its one to one befriending and signposting service for refugees and asylum seekers. This supports people who have underlying health conditions are self-isolating ....more This funding will help to continue its one to one befriending and signposting service for refugees and asylum seekers. This supports people who have underlying health conditions are self-isolating new to Birmingham have limited English and no family networks. The funding will help the organisation meet increased demand seen since the COVID-19 crisis began.
National Churches Trust - Community award to BIRMINGHAM, STECHFORD, All Saints
£10,000	07/03/2018	Install 2 toilets (one accessible with baby change)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000	14/02/2018	BCTT ESOL Family and Adult Learning and Family Support
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Restore networking and advocacy 2017-20
£60,000	08/07/2017 36	To improve the well-being of asylum seekers and refugees in Birmingham through better coordination, networks, advocacy and communications .
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Restore's response to the refugee crisis
£25,000	21/01/2016 12	A supplementary grant to enable Restore to manage the increase in demand for its expertise in response to the refugee crisis
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Restore networking and advocacy 2015-17
£40,000	11/07/2015 24	To enable Restore's engagement in networking and advocacy in the West Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - BCT Family and Adult Learning Project
£161,801	01/12/2014 36	Not Available
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Restore networking and advocacy
£40,000	26/10/2013	Restore networking and advocacy
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Birmingham Churches Together Training
£29,000	29/07/2013	Birmingham based charity matching volunteers with isolated and vulnerable, refugees and asylum seekers across the city. Also organising regular activities events and equipping those with leave to ....more Birmingham based charity matching volunteers with isolated and vulnerable, refugees and asylum seekers across the city. Also organising regular activities events and equipping those with leave to remain for work.
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Learning for Life Project
£113,072	07/12/2010 48	This new project will raise the confidence, skills and knowledge of parents and carers from ethnic minority communities in the Birmingham area so that they are able to provide more effective support ....more This new project will raise the confidence, skills and knowledge of parents and carers from ethnic minority communities in the Birmingham area so that they are able to provide more effective support for their child's educational development and improve their understanding of the wider British community and educational system. Sessions will centre around confidence building, motivational techniques, developing English listening, reading and writing skills and positive parenting.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

BISHOP BORIS PAUL MCCALLA Appointed: 2023

JAMES OWEN ASHLEY Appointed: 2024

MGR TIMOTHY FRANCIS MENEZES Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: ST CHAD'S CATHEDRAL ASSOCIATION,

REV STEVEN MARK FABER Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WEST MIDLANDS) TRUST LIMITED,

REV DAVID EMANUEL ELLIS Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: CHURCHES AND INDUSTRY GROUP BIRMINGHAM-SOLIHULL,

REV DEVERTON ANTONY DOUGLAS Appointed: 2023

REV NOVETTE S HEADLEY Appointed: 2023

THE MOST REVEREND BERNARD LONGLEY, Other trusteeships: BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN TRUST, THE BRITISH TRUST FOR THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED THEOLOGICAL STUDY IN JERUSALEM, MARYVALE INSTITUTE, CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES, Birmingham Newman University, MATER ECCLESIAE COLLEGE,

VENERABLE JENNIFER CLARE TOMLINSON Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeships: ST THOMAS'S DOLE CHARITY, BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN TRUST, THE BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE, THE CHANCE TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/08/1965, number: 243931

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Jericho Building
196-198 Edward Road
Balsall Heath
BIRMINGHAM
B12 9LX

Objectives

TO FOSTER COLLABORATION AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL, PARTICULARLY WORKING TOGETHER IN CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BENEFIT THE NEEDY IN OUR WIDER COMMUNITIES, SERVING THEM REGARDLESS OF RELIGION, CULTURE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUALITY, DISABILITY OR AGE

Defined Area of Benefit:

BIRMINGHAM AND ELSEWHERE

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