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Registered charity · Birmingham

Spitfire Advice and Support Services LTD

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £1.2m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage and 2 more
Where
Birmingham City
Website
www.spitfireservices.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Spitfire Advice and Support Services LTD
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.2m£1.2m
  • 2024£775k£790k
  • 2023£786k£779k
Earlier years
  • 2022£730k£714k
  • 2021£759k£622k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 75%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A)THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.(B)TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(C)THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.(D)THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE RECLAMATION, RECYCLING; USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS (E) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE RECYCLING AND PROVISION OF FURNITURE, CLOTHES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS (F) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Grants received

39 grants · £2,394,907 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,3802025-07-31
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £170,2992025-02-26
  • Postcode Community Trust £30,0002025-01-10
  • Access to Justice Foundation £350,0002024-03-01
  • Power to Change Trust £9,0002022-12-12
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.

5 trustees on the board

6.6y median 6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
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 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

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

Other services 7Arts and leisure 1Education 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.2m latest income
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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.7 in 2021

27 from 24 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1143842
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27 FEB 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 AUG 2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 14 OCT 2016AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 OCT 2016
Companies House
Company number 04382420 · Active
Contact on the register
01217475932 · raygoodwin@castlevale.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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