Registered charity · Birmingham
Sifa Fireside
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Carole Deborah WildmanTrustee · since 2017
- Daniel WakelyTrustee · since 2025
- Holly PykeTrustee · since 2022
- James FoyTrustee · since 2025
- Martin Laurence ChidgeyTrustee · since 2019
- Mohammed Awais KhanTrustee · since 2025
- Stephen PartridgeTrustee · since 2022
- Steven BarkessTrustee · since 2025
- Stuart YoungTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Birmingham City
- Website
- www.sifafireside.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sifa Fireside
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.9m£1.8m
- 2024£1.5m£1.4m
- 2023£1.6m£1.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.5m£1.5m
- 2021£1.6m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 54% · Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, VULNERABILITY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, INCLUSION, ENGAGEMENT AND EQUAL ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR SUCH PERSONS, INFLUENCING THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOMELESSNESS AGENDA AND EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS TO THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS
Grants received
27 grants · £1,858,829 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,186,375 (10 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £180,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £165,000 (4 grants)
- Department for Work and Pensions · £102,167 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £100,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Home Office
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Carole Deborah Wildman since 2017
- Daniel Wakely since 2025
- Holly Pyke since 2022
- James Foy since 2025
- Martin Laurence Chidgey since 2019
- Mohammed Awais Khan since 2025
- Stephen Partridge since 2022
- Steven Barkess since 2025
- Stuart Young since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Carole Deborah Wildman since 2017
- Martin Laurence Chidgey since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Carole Deborah Wildman since 2017
- Daniel Wakely since 2025
- Holly Pyke since 2022
- James Foy since 2025
- Martin Laurence Chidgey since 2019
- Mohammed Awais Khan since 2025
- Stephen Partridge since 2022
- Steven Barkess since 2025
- Stuart Young since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
7.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 8.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1049728
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 AUGUST 1995 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 25 SEPTEMBER 2003, 4 SEPTEMBER 2003, 3 FEBRUARY 2004, 25 JULY 2007 AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME 6 AUGUST 2007 as amended on 18 Mar 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 03094905 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0121 766 1700 · office@sifafireside.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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