# BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HOSTING NETWORK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1151763
- **Other names:** BIRCH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 25, 2013
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1151763


## Contact

- **Address:** 204, Scott House, The Custard Factory
- **Postcode:** Gibb St
- **Phone:** 07834805276
- **Email:** birchnetwork@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.birchnetwork.org



## Activities

**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.

**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




## 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



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City
- Coventry City
- Dudley
- Sandwell
- Solihull
- Walsall



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2025 | £94953 | £95600 | — | — |
| April 1, 2024 | £118193 | £80120 | — | — |
| April 1, 2023 | £68680 | £69260 | — | — |
| April 1, 2022 | £56755 | £44130 | — | — |
| April 1, 2021 | £13689 | £39442 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Andrew Peter Jolly — appointed Nov. 22, 2024
- Christopher Colin Benfield — appointed June 9, 2017
- Emma Hawthorne — appointed May 15, 2022
- Isobel Shirley Knowles — appointed July 26, 2023
- Katherine Green — appointed Aug. 25, 2021
- The Reverend Prebendary David Ellis Newsome — appointed March 1, 2024