Colebridge Trust

Registered charity 1155468 · since 2014colebridge.org·Birmingham, Solihull·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£2,518
Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025
From filed accounts
A small fraction of the prior year (£14,988 in year to 31 March 2024).

Key takeaways

  • Colebridge Trust's work fits best if your project supports people facing unemployment, ill health, disability, poverty or isolation in Solihull or Birmingham, especially North Solihull, through employment and skills, health and wellbeing, food, youth mentoring or community activity, or if you are a local voluntary group that needs help to build capacity.
  • Its annual report gives total giving of £2,518, which may include grants to individuals, so a small, specific request is more realistic than a large one, and the grant range is not stated, so do not assume a size.
  • No application process is published, so contact the trust first using the details it shows for getting in touch rather than sending a full proposal.
  • Neither the annual report nor its website gives deadlines, exclusions or a sense of how competitive it is, so let that first conversation show how it works.
  • Solihull and Birmingham are its stated priority, so an organisation working well outside those areas may be a weaker match, though no exclusion is stated.

Overview

Colebridge Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1155468).

Colebridge Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1155468) that describes itself as a community development trust working in Solihull and Birmingham, particularly North Solihull. Its stated purposes include urban regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation in Solihull, and promoting the voluntary sector by building the capacity of voluntary organisations. It runs or supports the Junction Community Centre, food projects with Around Again, a social enterprise in North Solihull, youth mentoring and a family hub in Kingshurst. Its annual report gives total annual giving of £2,518, which may include grants to individuals.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Colebridge Trust describes itself as a community development trust working in Solihull and Birmingham, particularly North Solihull. Its work supports people facing barriers linked to unemployment, health, disability, poverty and isolation, through employment and skills, health and wellbeing, food and practical support, youth mentoring, family support and community activities. It also supports local charities, community groups and voluntary organisations to develop, collaborate, build capacity, access funding and strengthen their services. Its approach combines direct support and community-based activities with partnerships, volunteering, social enterprise and capacity-building for the local voluntary sector.

Themes

  • Employment and skills
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Food support
  • Community capacity
  • Youth mentoring

Geographic Focus

Priority: Solihull; Birmingham.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

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Five years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 31 March 2021£961,598£796,428—Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022£1,130,395£1,003,732—Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023£935,149£912,675—Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024£1,078,073£996,657£14,988Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025£1,181,653£1,115,014£2,518Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2024
£14,988 grants
YE 2025
£2,518 grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.

  • Grants paid, year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
  • Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.

Sources

Other sources

  • Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.

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