Birmingham Community Hosting Network

Registered charity 1151763 Registered since 2013

Operates: Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

5.1y

average years in governance

5 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Accommodation/housing 6Disability 1

Commercial experience

Business services 1Hospitality 1

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Still Waters House 1 shared trustee
Elizabeth Dowell's Almshouse Trust 1 shared trustee

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Elizabeth Dowell's Almshouse Trust 1 shared trustee
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Contact

Website	www.birchnetwork.org
Email	birchnetwork@gmail.com
Phone	07834805276
Address	204, Scott House, The Custard Factory, Gibb St

Finances

£94,953 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£13,689	£39,442
2022	£56,755	£44,130
2023	£68,680	£69,260
2024	£118,193	£80,120
2025	£94,953	£95,600

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR WHO ARE REFUGEES, AND WHO RESIDE IN THE WEST MIDLANDS.TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE AWAITING AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 05/02/2013

Trustees (7)

7trustees

69median age

0aged 70+

Andrew Peter Jolly since 2024
Christopher Colin Benfield since 2017
Emma Hawthorne since 2022
Isobel Shirley Knowlesage 69 since 2023
Katherine Green since 2021
Massaba Dite Oumou Kouyate since 2026
The Reverend Prebendary David Ellis Newsome since 2024

Connected charities (2)

Elizabeth Dowell's Almshouse Trust 1 shared trustee
Still Waters House 1 shared trustee

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