Black Country Women's AID

Registered charity 1032298 Registered since 1994

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

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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.

5 trustees on the board

7y median 7y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Salma Parween Ali since 2019
Victoria Harris since 2019

19.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

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 6Health and social care 4Other services 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£10.3m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.0 in 2021

212 from 152 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.

47%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Birmingham Association for Mental Health Similar size; both Housing
Connection Support Similar size; both Housing
Infocus Charity Similar size; both Housing
Ymca Brunel Group Similar size; both Housing
Broadening Choices for Older People Similar size; both Housing
Homeless Link Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.blackcountrywomensaid.co.uk
Email	info@blackcountrywomensaid.co.uk
Phone	01215530090
Address	21A LANDCHARD HOUSE, VICTORIA STREET, WEST BROMWICH, WEST MIDLANDS, B70 8HY

Finances

£10,283,519 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£6,207,209	£5,135,979
2022	£7,511,649	£5,686,956
2023	£8,600,515	£7,065,286
2024	£10,016,725	£8,223,119
2025	£10,283,519	£8,967,246

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The Charity’s objects, for the public benefit, are to relieve the physical and mental distress of (primarily) women, children and young people and in particular (but not limited to) those who are homeless, are experiencing, have experienced or are affected by violence, abuse or exploitation and/or are in or have been part of the criminal justice system.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 FEBRUARY 1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17 JANUARY 1994 AND 18 JANUARY 1999AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16 SEP 2016 as amended on 15 Nov 2024

Trustees (5)

5trustees

65median age

2aged 70+

Karen Dowmanage band 70-74 Chair
Bozena Bentonage band 70-74
Melvena Mortonage band 65-69
Salma Parween Aliage band 60-64 since 2019
Victoria Harrisage band 50-54 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

Black Country Women's AID · 02791788 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/02/1993

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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