The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Broadening Choices for Older People

Registered charity 1074954 Registered since 1999

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
2
trustees past 6 years
5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 12Health and social care 6Education 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£10.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

18.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 25.5 in 2021

238 from 235 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
49%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bcop.org.uk
Emailgeneral@bcop.org.uk
Phone01214597670
AddressWaterside House, Unit 3 Waterside, 1649 Pershore Road, Stirchley, BIRMINGHAM, B30 3DR

Finances

£10,048,680 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,662,848£7,298,104
2022£7,657,243£7,513,845
2023£7,719,098£8,125,050
2024£8,977,480£8,788,235
2025£10,048,680£9,951,368

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAccommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1 PROVIDING AND MANAGING ACCOMMODATION, SOCIAL HOUSING AND/OR SUPPORT SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SERVICES IN RELATION TO RESIDENTIAL, RESPITE AND OTHER FORMS OF CARE AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT, ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE, IN ALL CASES FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES;3.2 THE MAKING OF DONATIONS TO ANY TRUST, ORGANISATION OR BODY THE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES OF WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE; AND3.3 SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AND PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 DECEMBER 1998 AS AMENDED 13TH SEPTEMBER 2002 AND 26 OCTOBER 2009. AS AMENDED ON 28 MAR 2018 AS AMENDED ON 28 NOV 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15 DEC 2019 as amended on 16 Mar 2022

Trustees (10)

10trustees
53median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Broadening Choices for Older People · 03685650 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/12/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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