## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 2[nd] August 2024 to 1 August 2025**
## **Charity name: Birmingham Commonwealth Society**
## **Charity registration number: 1194940**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of|Para 1.17|The charity aims to:|
|the charity as set out in its|Promote civic responsibility and good|
|governing document|citizenship|
|Advance education|
|Advance in life and help young people|
|develop their skills, capacities and|
|capabilities and participate in society as|
|mature and responsible individuals|
|Promote equality and diversity, the|
|elimination of discrimination on the|
|grounds of race, gender, disability, sexual|
|orientation or religion All for the|
|benefit of the public, in particular but not|
|exclusively from Commonwealth|
|communities in the West Midlands|
|region.|
|Summary of the main|Para 1.17 and|During the period the trustees have|
|1.19|
|activities in relation to those|continued to focus upon establishing its|
|purposes for the public|infrastructure including the need for more|
|benefit, in particular, the|trustees with the relevant skill, which|
|activities, projects or services|particular purpose it should focus upon|
|identified in the accounts.|initially, the additional money and people|
|resources required and the establishment|
|of a website and logo.|
|Statement confirming whether|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the|
|the trustees have had regard|guidance issued by the Charity|
|to the guidance issued by the|Commission on public benefit.|
|Charity|
|Commission on public benefit|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference
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Policy on grant making|
Para 1.38||
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Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
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Para 1.38||
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Contribution made by
volunteers
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Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|
Para 1.20|**Since its formation it has put further**
**policies in place and looked at fund**
**raising. However, the latter is challenging.**
**It has met with a number of organisations**
**with a view to engaging with them on**
**mutually beneficial initiatives.**
**During the period it has created and launched a**
**website +engaged with a school and their**
**students in the creaton of a BCS logo which is**
**now included on the website.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set
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Para 1.41
|**The charity has made progress in**
**achieving its internal**
**control/structure/required skills**
**arrangements which it feels it needs to**
**do before it can pursue its charitable**
**objectives.It now also have a website.**||
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Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
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Para 1.41|
**It is not felt possible to raise funds until it**
**has a history of past achievements to**
**show what it is doing and people**
**resource constraints prevent this at**
**present.**
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Investment performance
against objectives
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Para 1.41|**No investment performance objectives**
**were felt relevant at this stage of the**
**charity’s evolution.**|
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Other
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## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|Para 1.21|**The Charities funding has remained as**
**was save for:**
**a £5 pcm deduction by its bank +**
**a small amount of interest earned on its**
**bank balance +**
**having incurred £780 on the creaton of a**
**website.**|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Charity does not currently have a**
**policy for holding reserves.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**None at present**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The charity has yet to create a budget.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy Para 1.46 adopted A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Description of charity’s trusts:
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution as per Charity Commission**
**template.**|
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|How
is
the
charity
constituted?(e.g
unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**A society**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustee selection is based upon the**
**required skills, knowledge and experience**
**but also having regard to diversity.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees
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Para 1.51||
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The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
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Para 1.51||
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Relationship with any related
parties
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Para 1.51||
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Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Birmingham Commonwealth Society|
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|Other name the charityuses||
|Registered charity number|1194940|
|Charity’s principal address|Wick Episcopi, Upper Wick, Rushwick, Worcestershire, WR2
5SY.|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any) **|
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|Keith Stokes-Smith|Chairman|Since charity formed|Birmingham Commonwealth
Society|
|Louise Toner||Since Charity Formed|As above|
|Karen Daw||Since charity Formed|As above|
|Elly Tobin||Since charity was formed|As above|
|Sarah Andrews||Since 24 June 2025|As above|
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
**Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of** K Stokes-Smith **the charity’s trustees** K Stokes-Smith **Signature(s** ~~**)**~~ K Stokes-Smith K Stokes-Smith **Full name(s** ~~**)**~~ Chair **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 01/04/2026
**Charity Name No (if any) Birmingham Commonwealth Society Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 2-Aug-24 1st August 2025
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**10**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10**
**60**
**720**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**780**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**780**
**- 770**
**-**
**-**
**- 770**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10**
**60**
**720**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**780**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**780**
**- 770**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10**
**60**
**720**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**780**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**780**
**- 770**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Bank Interest|**10**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**10**|||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
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||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|Bank charges|**60**|||||**-**|
|Website|**720**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**780**|||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**-**|
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||**- 770**|**-**|**-**|**- 770**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**- 770**|**-**|**-**|**- 770**||**-**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
K Stokes-Smith|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,468**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,468**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
K Stokes-Smith|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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approval|
||K Stokes-Smith|K Stokes-Smith|1-Apr-26|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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