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Birmingham Community Hosting Network

Birch

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1151763
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Sept. 23, 2026. Filing history
Registered
April 25, 2013
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
204
Scott House
The Custard Factory
Gibb St

Activities

Providing support through community hospitality to vulnerable asylum seekers in the West Midlands, including:- Hosting Network: short term accommodation for destitute asylum seekers in the homes of volunteers- Family Befriending: befriending scheme for young refugees living the UK without their families

Objects: The Relief Of Financial Hardship Amongst Those Seeking Asylum In The United Kingdom Or Who Are Refugees, And Who Reside In The West Midlands.to Preserve And Protect The Physical And Mental Health Of Those Awaiting And Those Granted Refugee Status And Their Dependants.

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who
Other Defined Groups

Geography

Local Authority
Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
April 1, 2026 Sept. 23, 2026On time £92,944 £108,994
April 1, 2025 Oct. 8, 2025On time £94,953 £95,600
April 1, 2024 Jan. 8, 2025On time £118,193 £80,120
April 1, 2023 Jan. 31, 2024On time £68,680 £69,260
April 1, 2022 Jan. 30, 2023On time £56,755 £44,130
April 1, 2021 Jan. 23, 2022 £13,689 £39,442

Trustees

Name Appointed
Andrew Peter Jolly Nov. 22, 2024
Christopher Colin Benfield June 9, 2017
Emma Hawthorne May 15, 2022
Isobel Shirley Knowles July 26, 2023
Katherine Green Aug. 25, 2021
Massaba Dite Oumou Kouyate March 26, 2026
The Reverend Prebendary David Ellis Newsome March 1, 2024