Company registration number: 00953582 Birmingham Children's Community Venture Limited Company limited by guarantee UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 5 May 2025 Unaudited Financial Statements Year ended 5 May 2025 CONTE￿5 PAGE Legal and administratNe informatv)n Trustees, Report Independent eTr2rTuner's Report St8ternent of finanaal athTtSe5 Statement of Totsl Comprehensive Incoff ststement of FEnancial Position Notes to the Financial Statunents 8-11 Birmingham Children's Community Venture Limited Legal and administrative information Charity npmber 258768 Comp*Dy registratioD 0953582 Registered o(fi¢e clo 76 Gwtone Avenue Birniingham. B20 1 AY Trustees David wi[￿eY Ann Elizabeth Tw¢lls Richard AJaD Jolles Cbristopher&nith Andrew Pi]more Howard Matty (appointed asTrn$te¢ only) Gill ￿Pa￿oW Kerensa Neal (appointed &s Trusl¢e only) Cbariene Bull Honorary Setrelary KeTensa Neal Members Couthtll Mrc Smith Chairrn8n MrA Piittm) m￿KN Honordry S¢¢retary IDdependeDt Mr D Theknridge ATIC AccoLmtanis Limited Sutton Coldfield, B73 5XE Birmingham Children's Community Venture Limited Trustee's Report Year ended 5 May 2025 The trustees present their report and the unaudited finandal sratements of the fDrnpany for the year 5 May 2025. The trustee& •tho otheTh*75e ind7cated, arc a180 di￿t0[S of The BiJrningha Children¥ Community Venty]Y Limited for the purposes of cornpany law and setved duringthr y¢aT and up to the date of this report aTE sel out on pag¢ l. Str￿¢thr4 gtsveTDance 3lld mal￿geMent Thecornp2ny is limitrLlbyguaraDtec alldthCch￿ity i5governedbydirectorswbo ar¢ alsoTThstees &81isted onpage l. New T]wte&s The board continually review the numberof trustr4 and cllcourdge teachcts at subscriber schools to get involved byattellding1DaD￿eme￿tO[mWee meetingsio ettsure contitiuityandapixTrl ofpeoplets) replace trusttts wishing to retire. Over & period of time theylearn the PTDce&8e5 ofdecisionmaktngand aTe guidts4 through the demands and ffspollsibilities requlred of ttustees ￿ tba( in dlle ¢ours¢ they are willing to be for￿allY appoinQ¢L Objectives and a￿1VitieS (X>jccts To advance the educatiort 0£ and lo prnvidc or wist in providing county hostels &Dd other facilities for recreation orotheT leisu￿ activitie8inthe interests of SOCT81 welfwt and with th¢ obj¢ctof improving theirconditioll of life for the bcncfit of poorand d¢pnvcd rhildtrn and young pcr50ns rcgat¥llcss of rn¢e, colour0rc￿Cd. Public BeneEt The twstees confirn) that: In the exercise of the?rpowet5 as ¢harity Inistee4 theyhavehad dueregard to thepublishedgllidance from the Cbartty CoTnmission on the opernt]"oD ofthepublic beDefit rcquirem¢nL aDd The ainKS ofthe charity aTE GaThic41 out forthe beDefit of the pllbli¢. AChI￿eMents and pttfom*n The BrigHouse buildin8 and site wwè again fully op￿a￿TraI for both doy and re￿d￿tial vis thwoughout the academic year 2024-25 7•rith all BCCV [￿ber 9)lools making the most of the outdoor XperIen￿ available at The BrigHouse. The Br￿HOUse ha5 in plao a busy booking c3lendar for 2025-26 The BCCV trustees held In per50n- trustee rneelings throughout the acad￿niC year (thank you tr) Plantsbrook 5ttondary Sthool for h05knng these rneeting51. The deriyon to mabE all termly BCCV mernbers meetings all *irtual- [￿ing5 for the academic year 2024.25 both improved attefidats￿ and engagffnent th the BCCV. The final member5 meeting of the ar3demic year took pl￿t on site at The BrigHouse to view developments there acrDSS the acAdenyc year. BCCV trusteg maln èlms during 2024-25 were to ensure that The BrigHouse remained fijlly operational and to regularly nN)nitor the BCCV'S finanoal p05itson wtth a view to ensu￿ the 8CCV's sustainabiltty and viability. Our ￿e5 plus annual tharges b) t1vn￿r sthoo15 enabled the 8CCV to finanaally wable for the finanaal year of 2024-25. The annual tharge to mernber 5thools to Djver tnueasej annual runnlng (￿sts of The BrigHou5e rernained at £2,000 for the academic year 2024-25. Membership of the BCCV has ￿Main￿l strong. One sd)ool terminated their rneJnber5hip of the BCCV at the end of August 2025. ThFs membership up by two sthools on a joint membwsh ip aEreeft￿t. There are oJrrEntly no va3nt 8CCV r￿1p$. Birmingham Children's Community Venture Limited Trystefs report year ended 5 May 21125 (continued) The BCCV trusteos have takn the opportuntty to Irnp￿t the followsng piannal d￿￿0Pments atThe BrigHouse slte during 2024-25= l. The Chairfs 2025 annual summw holiday audrt of rAterin& deaning and play 4utprnertt indi(2ted the need for repla￿M￿t and replenishment of resour￿ l equipment in advan￿ of The BrigHouse reopening for the academic yfdr 2025-26. 2. The delivery of a stsff V￿rkshOp led by Edvis Guidan￿ for￿Ss￿l on outdoor learning acLivikne5. This workshop was ot no cost to BCCV n￿ther s(hools. 3. The mst signithcant d￿elOpment in 2024-25 wasthe compekntson of the suc¥￿1 fund-rdising rampai8n which raised £30.000 to enable the installath)n of solar panels LDvering the front apex of the rDof of The Brighouse. Thè solar panels install&ion wa5 a)fflpleted in May 2025. The impatt of the sol panels of gener&ing dettriaty and Consequa￿ ￿Auting the BCCV'S a)erBY Costs is already having significant po%tive impart on The BrigHousds runningffjsts. 4. Key prioritres for 2025-26 for the BCCV trusts￿ are to rDntinue to o)nstandy monitor BCCV finanaal source5 and The Bri8Housds annual running msts partiojlarly in light of the increased "cost of living" costs. This is important in olller to 5tJstain the long-term finanaal viability ot the BCCV. BCCV trustees are ntinuing to explore further opporbJntkne5 tD The Bri8House buildrng as -gR8n~ and energv ent as p0￿ble. FfinAntial revie In¢0￿C before interest h&8 inmsed from £48926 to £51200 becauseof incTh8ed grantfiwding iD¢lusiDf from Alfred LeadbetteTTrust CATfield WeS￿n FoundationandtheRollghleyTrustwhichatE acknowled&ui th gratithde. C05t5 fell from £58,740 to £44.58] wtth Tcductions in energy Losts and Tepal￿ and rnaintaDce_ As a result therE 15 a suEplus of £7256 cl>mpa￿d to a deficit of £9.077 in which is big improverneDt.. It has not been possibleto add to th¢ sinking fiJnd illtellded fopr()vide sufficieni ￿ndS for the time when major repait3 such new TDof a￿ ￿Ired. Future devtlopmeDts Key priorities for2025-26 forthe BCCVtrt￿t¢c5 a￿ to continue to CO￿$t￿ntlY Thnitor BCCV fin8ncial rtsourcu and The Brlgllouse rvnThlng coats paniclllarfy in ligbtof increased energy cos1$. 50lar paT]E15 were installed it) May 2025 fLTrrwbich a grdnl was sccumL ThTs will sustain the long4erni finan¢ial viability of the BCCV and go tOWdtd5 T[￿king the BrigFk)use"gtEEll" and a5 ene7¥y efficient as po&8ibl¢. The intention is to return income and expenditure to posilive figure. ststemeDt of tru8teu' res￿￿$￿￿111￿es The trusttts (wbo, with ex¢eptioD& aTE alrA) diTectors of The BinDinghaTn Children's Community VentureLimited forthepuTposeof company law)2Te Ttsponsible forprep8ring th£T￿￿tees, Annual Report and the financial siaÈett)ents Tll accoldance with applicable law alld United Kingdorn &neT3lly Attepted Accounting Pmice. Con)panylaw requiTe51hetTUStees to Pry￿e financia] statementsfor each fit)ancial yearwbichgivea t￿e and fair viewolthe stateofaffaiys of thecharitablecompanyand oftheincoming Tesources and applica1h of ￿SourCes, including the ÈncotDeand exp¢ndityre,oftbe charitable company for thatperiod. In preparing these financial ststements. thc trustccs arewuired to.. Birmingham Children's Community Venture Limited at aty time the financial w>&tton of tkn d)arilthe ¢J)Tnw aDd which thsn ty CDsure that the finallcÈal stat￿¢￿ts c(Thply ￿ thecomr￿ACt 2￿5. They art alw resp)L8ible for 5afe£uardu￿the ofthe d)arrtablec(XnFODyand bertt fortsktt* Thw)L•ble tr*preV￿tion #nd d￿10￿ of SMALLCOMPANY PROVISIONS This report has been prepared In actordarte WTth the pruA4ons akWiotAe to thartiaNe cOMp￿teS entided tothe small companies exempth)n. CSmrth- Direct October 2025 Birmingham Children's Community Venture Limited Independent examiner's report to the tru$tce8 on the unaudited financial statements of The Birmingh2m Chadren's Community VeDthre Limited. l Trport OD the accouDtsof The Bimiin8bam Children*ComnwnityVettture Limit￿ lor theyear endal 5 May 2025 sei out OD Pages 2 10 13 Re4)ective T￿pOnSibilitieS t)f trustees *Ad independ¢Dt examiner The chartty's trustces (who are also the di]￿t0￿ of the cornp8ny for puTroses of company law) are sponsible for the pJryaratiotL of the accounts. The tn￿eeS CODsiderthat au audit 15 not requirEd fiTrr this yearunder se￿10￿ 144 ofthe ChaTiticsA¢t 2011 {the Actl and that8D independenteKamiaation is needed. It is rny responsibility to extujine the accotmtsundersectioll 145 of thcAeL to follow the PToceduTes laid down in theC*ncTrl Dircctions giwenbythccharity Commission undersectton 14515*) of iht Act. and 10 state wbetberparticularmaliets bave come to my atteniion. Basls of Independe￿ ex*miner'5 ststeJDent My examination sv&s canied out in accordance with the General Di￿tiOnS givejj by the Chajity con)n)1￿10￿. Au examiDatioD includes & review of the &cme for the ye¥ 19.0771 19..0771 2024 60.000 {8.7151 51,285 Surplus for the year Totsl (ompreh*E￿I%* In￿Me for tht year 7256 19,0771 11.4591 58,541 At 5 May 2025 Birmingham Children's Community Venture Limited Notts lo the fina4¢i*l stateme￿% For Yeatended 5 May 202S l.l.B*sl8 of aCCOUDting The financialstatementsare pTep8ted in accoTdaDcewithihe Statem¢ntof Recommend￿ Pwli¢eby Charittes preparing the?r accounts in accordance wÈth the Finarlcial Reporting StaDdard applicable in the UK and Republi¢ of JrEiaDd IFRS102) i&sued on 16 July 2014. l2.Incomin¥ r¢sowc¢s A]1 incoming resourtes aEE included in the stateTr￿t of financial activitiesvAJen the charity is entitledto ihe income or is Tll0￿ likely than ttot to receive the and the 8mount can be qUaTLtificd with reasonable aCcU￿y. The following specific policies are applied to parti.cular categories ofincome: Voluntary incoTnE ￿ceiVed by of grdnts. donatioms and gifts and is included iT] full in th¢ statement of financial a¢tlVLties wth¢n receivable. fjtants 1Vhe￿ entitlcTnent is not conditional on the delivery of a specifi perfortllance by thecbarity, are tccognisvdwhell theCh￿lty becomesuDconditionaltyentitledtothe grallL tA)nated seNices aod ￿1]itieS aTe included at tbe value to the chartty whctc thrs Can be qualltified. The value of servi¢e8 pmvided byvolunteeT5 ha5 Dot been incllldtsl but IS Doted in the trnstees typoll. lucom¢ from itivestTDentsTepTe8entin8 bank intetest is included in the yearin which it is ￿ceivable. Joinillg fc&% ar¢ noi Lrfulldable 8Dd axe payable when a 8chool wishc5 to ￿b￿lbe to use the facililie5 for residcntial eAp¢rienc&s in order io delivcribe curriculuttL Amiual $ubscriptionsare payable at tb¢ start of thc year and cover the use of the BrigHouse foi a specific number of days over the acad¢mic ycar subject to the tern￿ and conditions.Both aTe Tecognisedon the earlier of date ofinvoiceoroD re¢eipt. No part ofthe alln￿1 membeTship is refundable. IJ Expendltsjre Expellditureisrccogniscdon an accrualbasis as a liability Ès incU￿ed wbich is wh￿r il is DX)re likely ¢han]b)t that th¢re is a legal orcoDStri¢iiveobligatiollcoEDTnitiingthecb8rity th pay out￿80￿treS and the amount w) be MeaSu￿d with reasonabl¢ cenainty. Exp¢lldtture includes any VATwhi¢b ￿nn0• be hlly tecovered. aod is Fq)Ort¢d as part of the expenditwe lo Trvhich it relat¢s. Losts of genet3ting fvnds comprise atty cost8 &w¢iai¢d with atts8Ctin8 voluotsry income or grdnt fvnding. C*nerally there is no direct cost 85 trust¢¢s give theirown tijne Lo s¢ek grants. Charitableexpenditurecompriw those¢osts incurred by the cbarity intbedeliveryof its a¢tiviti¢saDdsetvice for its bencficiaries. Jt include5both costs thatcan be allocateddire¢tly to such activitiesalld th()secost4 of an indir¢¢t natUTC necessary to wpport thellL Support Costs arc those rosts indiTEcrly incwyed in wpporting the exp¢nditUTC on the objccts of the rhaTIty. GoveTn8nce ¢osts ¢omprise &ll costs involving public accountsbility ofthE charity and its cornpliance wth regulation and good pTrdise 1.4 TaD%ible ￿ed xssets deprtciztion Tangible fixedauetsaTC Stated at costl¢&8 a¢cumulateddepre¢iation. tkpTeciation iSPTovidedatt3tescaleulaui to wite off the eost le&s residual value of each &wt ov¢r its expethed Useffi￿ life, as folloTAB: Leasehold propertie5 st￿"gh1 line overthe lift ofthe lease {5 yeals) 20% strdight line FiXtl￿e5. fittings and eqUipn￿￿t - Birmingham Children's Community Venture Limited For Year eDded 5 M*y 2(J24 Notss to the fi￿￿¢111 ststemethts {comtiDued) Voluntsry (all UDr¢stricttd) 2025 2024 Alfred L¢adbeaterTntst 10,000 5,000 William Cadbjry Tn 1.000 Edwards Tmst 200 Garficld Wcston 5,000 Cole Charitable Tnjst 1,000 Roughlty Trnst 3.000 19200 6.000 Illeotlle from cb*rltsNe acllvities A￿n￿3[ membersbip fees 32,000 42.626 Other illco￿ 300 51200 48.926 3. Inve5tmemt income {all unrestrieted) 2025 2024 Bank interestreceiv#ble 637 737 4 ExpeDditure 2025 2024 Operating Brig8 House: EstablishrnentcosW rates. power, insurdnce RepaiT4maintenance and Tunnittg Sundry Costs 11.838 17,881 14,178 15,705 26,008 Total tsperdtlllgcosts Depr¢¢iation andotherarnountsThTitten offtsTh￿l￿lCfiXeda￿1 43.897 864 57.874 864 Total expenditure Withto sundry and admin costs arc govemance cost Accountancy for independent examinatio 960 960 10 Birmingham Children's Community Venture Limited For Year ended 5 May 2025 Notrs to the £￿anCial xtstements {co•tinwd) 5 Average numbef of empltyftes The averdge number of petsons employ￿ by the tharitthe coryany durin8 the year was Nil12024.. Nil). 6 Tangble assets Land and buildings Plant and mathinery Total At 6 May 2024and 5 May 2025 476.102 33.697 509.799 Depreciation At 6 May 2024 476.102 19,615 495,717 Charge At 5 May 2025 864 864 476,102 19,615 495,717 carr¥￿8 amount At 5 May 2025 At 5 May 2024 14,082 14,082 14.082 14,082 7 Debto 2025 2024 Other debto 1568 1.484 8 Creditors: *))ounts fakng duÈ within one 2025 2024 Acuuals 960 960