Registered charity · Birmingham
Thrive Together Birmingham
- 9 trustees
- Income £695k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rev David Robert TomlinsonChair · since 2020
- James Henry LangstaffTrustee · since 2023
- Jon MilesTrustee · since 2017
- Karen Anne PreeceTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Karen Lockett-YeungTrustee · since 2024
- Rachel Clare GrovesTrustee · since 2020
- Rev David WhyteTrustee · since 2022
- REV Douglas Tafara MachiridzaTrustee · since 2017
- Rev Sarah HayesTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Birmingham City, Sandwell, Solihull, Warwickshire
- Website
- www.cuf.org.uk/thrive-together-birmingham (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Thrive Together Birmingham
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£695k£706k
- 2024£738k£671k
- 2023£584k£588k
Earlier years
- 2022£553k£591k
- 2021£643k£593k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 57%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITIES OBJECTS ARE: 1. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHRISTIAN BASED CHARITIES IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THEIR OBJECTS OR ANY ONE OF THEM, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BYTHE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION; AND 2. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS OR SERVICES.
Grants received
5 grants · £82,611 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
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £42,200
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £28,711 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,700
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £2,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- 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
- Rev David Robert Tomlinson Chair since 2020
- James Henry Langstaff since 2023
- Jon Miles since 2017
- Karen Anne Preece since 2021
- Professor Karen Lockett-Yeung since 2024
- REV Douglas Tafara Machiridza since 2017
- Rachel Clare Groves since 2020
- Rev David Whyte since 2022
- Rev Sarah Hayes since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev David Robert Tomlinson Chair since 2020
- Jon Miles since 2017
- REV Douglas Tafara Machiridza since 2017
- Rachel Clare Groves since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Rev David Robert Tomlinson Chair since 2020
- Professor Karen Lockett-Yeung since 2024
- REV Douglas Tafara Machiridza since 2017
- Rachel Clare Groves since 2020
Portfolio (5)
- James Henry Langstaff since 2023
- Jon Miles since 2017
- Karen Anne Preece since 2021
- Rev David Whyte since 2022
- Rev Sarah Hayes since 2026
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
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.5 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1153942
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 APR 2012 as amended on 02 Mar 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 08039675 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01214260440 · fredr@cofebirmingham.com
- 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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