Registered charity · Birmingham
The Colebridge Trust LTD
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Richard ClarkChair · since 2024
- Andrew PotterTrustee · since 2019
- Christine GraceTrustee · since 2026
- Jennifer TimbrellTrustee · since 2020
- June MoleTrustee · since 2025
- Lisa HarrisonTrustee · since 2020
- Mandy CarlessTrustee · since 2024
- Manisha SharmaTrustee · since 2025
- Philip HarrisonTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 6 more
- Where
- Solihull, Warwickshire, Birmingham City
- Website
- www.colebridge.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Colebridge Trust LTD
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.2m£1.1m
- 2024£1.1m£997k
- 2023£935k£913k
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£1.0m
- 2021£962k£796k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 27% · Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY (”THE OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:A.THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN SOLIHULL BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:I. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT:II. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE:III. THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES:IV. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES:V. THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES:VI. SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.B.TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SOLIHULL BY BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF VOLUNTARY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE.‘THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR’ MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONSCHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIESC.SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE
Grants received
13 grants · £1,201,953 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,064,289 (6 grants)
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £50,000
- Department for Work and Pensions · £46,752
- Coop Foundation · £18,726 (2 grants)
- Sport England · £10,800
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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
- Richard Clark Chair since 2024
- Andrew Potter since 2019
- Christine Grace since 2026
- Jennifer Timbrell since 2020
- June Mole since 2025
- Lisa Harrison since 2020
- Mandy Carless since 2024
- Manisha Sharma since 2025
- Philip Harrison since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Potter since 2019
- Lisa Harrison since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Richard Clark Chair since 2024
- Andrew Potter since 2019
- Christine Grace since 2026
- Jennifer Timbrell since 2020
- June Mole since 2025
- Lisa Harrison since 2020
- Manisha Sharma since 2025
- Philip Harrison since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Mandy Carless since 2024
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
7.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1155468
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 JUL 2002AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/06/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/01/2014 as amended on 27 Feb 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 04475291 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01214480720 · info@colebridge.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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