Registered charity · Birmingham
The Handsworth Charity
The Handsworth Charity is a registered charity (number 216603) based in Birmingham, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £38k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £38k (2025)
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Who leads it
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
- Where
- Birmingham City
- Website
- www.handsworth-charity.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1977
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£38k£48k
- 2024£37k£24k
- 2023£38k£35k
Earlier years
- 2022£37k£42k
- 2021£34k£49k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1) FIXED PAYMENTS TO THE RECTOR, ORGANIST, VERGER AND THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, HANDSWORTH. 2) IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE PARISH OF HANDSWORTH WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Cllr Ed Freshwater since 2026
- Helga Edstrom since 2024
- Janet Weir since 2026
- Rev Elizabeth Rose Longhurst since 2024
- Rosemarie Seadon since 2017
- Tonia Clark since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Rosemarie Seadon since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Cllr Ed Freshwater since 2026
- Janet Weir since 2026
- Tonia Clark since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Helga Edstrom since 2024
- Rev Elizabeth Rose Longhurst since 2024
- Rosemarie Seadon since 2017
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 216603
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME DATED 13/04/1977AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 12/02/2004AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 12/11/2014
- Contact on the register
- 07980 555576 · info@handsworth-charity.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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