The Friends Hall, Gooch Street, Recreation Ground Trust

Registered charity 246233 Registered since 1966

Operates: Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Warwickshire

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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.

6 trustees on the board

10.8y median 6y

average tenure

31y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

David Leonard Woodhead Chair since 1995
Tyrone Quddus since 2014

7.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

company-linked trustees

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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incomespending£46 latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

Also active in the same field

ST James and NEW Cross Gateway Trust LTD Similar size; both Recreation
Woodhouse Lane Play Area, Brighouse Similar size; both Recreation
Flitch WAY Action Group Similar size; both Recreation
Barham Village Residents Association Similar size; both Recreation
Penrhys Pilgrimage Project Similar size; both Recreation
Empower Squash Foundation Similar size; both Recreation

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Email	robcemorris@blueyonder.co.uk
Phone	01214446767
Address	57 HAZELHURST ROAD, KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 6AB

Finances

£46 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£50	£0
2021	£11	£0
2022	£4	£0
2023	£35	£0
2024	£46	£0

What it does

What

Amateur SportRecreation

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 03 JUL 1963AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 09 NOV 2021

Trustees (6)

6trustees

0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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