Registered charity · Birmingham
Fircroft College of Adult Education
- 14 trustees
- Income £3.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Geoffrey Mark LayerChair · since 2021
- Benjamin James RawalTrustee · since 2025
- Carole Lesley ParkesTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Robert Bernard SmithTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Robert MasungaTrustee · since 2021
- Eluned Griffith JonesTrustee · since 2021
- Gabriele MasalskaiteTrustee · since 2026
- Julie HughesTrustee · since 2025
- Katherine Ann CloughTrustee · since 2024
- Kieran John ArmitageTrustee · since 2025
- Parminder Singh GarchaTrustee · since 2019
- Professor John Aldred Kam HolfordTrustee · since 2023
- Stephen David MarchantTrustee · since 2026
- Zahra KhanTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Birmingham City
- Website
- www.fircroft.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Fircroft College of Adult Education
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.0m£2.8m
- 2024£2.9m£2.8m
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5% · Government grants 84%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE COLLEGE’S CHARITABLE OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE ADULT, FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL EDUCATION.
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Geoffrey Mark Layer Chair since 2021
- Benjamin James Rawal since 2025
- Carole Lesley Parkes since 2021
- Dr Robert Bernard Smith since 2025
- Dr Robert Masunga since 2021
- Eluned Griffith Jones since 2021
- Gabriele Masalskaite since 2026
- Julie Hughes since 2025
- Katherine Ann Clough since 2024
- Kieran John Armitage since 2025
- Parminder Singh Garcha since 2019
- Professor John Aldred Kam Holford since 2023
- Stephen David Marchant since 2026
- Zahra Khan since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Parminder Singh Garcha since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Benjamin James Rawal since 2025
- Dr Robert Bernard Smith since 2025
- Gabriele Masalskaite since 2026
- Julie Hughes since 2025
- Katherine Ann Clough since 2024
- Kieran John Armitage since 2025
- Professor John Aldred Kam Holford since 2023
- Stephen David Marchant since 2026
- Zahra Khan since 2026
Portfolio (5)
- Geoffrey Mark Layer Chair since 2021
- Carole Lesley Parkes since 2021
- Dr Robert Masunga since 2021
- Eluned Griffith Jones since 2021
- Parminder Singh Garcha since 2019
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
28.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.5 in 2024
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1204069
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 APR 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 14776636 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01214720116 · enquiries@fircroft.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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