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Narthex Sparkhill

Narthex Sparkhill is a registered charity (number 1100358) based in Birmingham, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Rev Toby Nicholas Crowe since 2021. Latest income £912k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £912k (2024)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Birmingham City
Website
www.narthex.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£912k£899k
  • 2023£866k£855k
  • 2022£907k£914k
Earlier years
  • 2021£731k£761k
  • 2020£856k£621k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 THE PROMOTION OF THE BENEFIT OF, AND FACILITATION OF INTER CULTURAL HARMONY BETWEEN, THE INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM, AND IN PARTICULAR THE INNER CITY AREA OF SPARKHILL, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ("THE BENEFICIARIES") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND HEALTH AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR ADVANCEMENT, RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE SAID BENEFICIARIES;3.2 THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE INNER CITY AREA OF SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:3.2.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING;3.2.2 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;3.2.3 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;3.2.4 THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES; AND3.2.5 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.3.3 PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED..

Grants received

44 grants · £2,743,747 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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.

4 trustees on the board

6.7y median 7y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4Economic/community Development/employment 2Religious Activities 2Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Education 3Other services 3Health and social care 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£912k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

24 from 14 in 2020
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1100358
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 09 APR 2019
Contact on the register
01217531959 · enquiries@narthex.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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