The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Harborne and Smethwick Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1177527 Registered since 2018

Operates: Birmingham City, Sandwell

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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.

10 trustees on the board

6.7y median 8y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10General Charitable Purposes 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Education/training 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Hospitality 11Property 3Education 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

41.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 17.6 in 2021

13 from 12 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.hplc.org.uk/
Emailinfo@hplc.org.uk
Phone01214261600
AddressHARBORNE PARISH LANDS CHARITY, 109 COURT OAK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B17 9AA

Finances

£1,970,340 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,453,078£1,278,718
2022£1,568,349£1,510,655
2023£1,663,970£1,831,189
2024£1,872,928£2,160,287
2025£1,970,340£2,013,973

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROVIDING OR MANAGING HOUSING OR ACCOMODATION APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS OF PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES WHO ARE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT TO PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE ARE OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE TRUSTEES MAY GRANT RELIEF TO PERSONS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE THEREFOR WHO ARE RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT BUT IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES OUGHT NEVERTHELESS FOR SUFFICIENT REASON TO BE TREATED AS IF RESIDENT THEREIN, OR WHO ARE LOCATED FOR THE TIME BEING WITHIN THAT AREA. 2. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS AND FORMER RESIDENTS OF THE PROPERTIES PROVIDED OR MANAGED BY THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 FEB 2018

Trustees (10)

10trustees
75median age
6aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Harborne and Smethwick Charitable Trust · 11217433 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/02/2018

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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