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Lyng Community Association

Lyng Community Association is a registered charity (number 1089147) based in West Bromwich, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by MRS Wendy Bodenham. Latest income £1.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £1.5m (2025)

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Sandwell
Website
www.lyng.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Lyng Community Association
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.5m£942k
  • 2024£1.3m£919k
  • 2023£1.2m£839k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.1m£800k
  • 2021£1.1m£761k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE:4.1 TO PROVIDE SOCIAL HOUSING, HOUSES OR HOSTELS AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES AND SERVICES FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS;4.2 TO PROVIDE FOR AGED, DISABLED OR CHRONICALLY SICK PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF SOCIAL HOUSING, HOUSES OR HOSTELS AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES AND SERVICES SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS;4.3 TO PROVIDE SERVICES, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS TO AGED, DISABLED OR CHRONICALLY SICK PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF AND PROVIDE ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS;4.4 TO PROVIDE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA IN WHICH THE COMPANY OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK PRIMARILY ON THE LYNG ESTATE AND ANY OTHER AREA WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SANDWELL;4.5 TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA IN WHICH THE COMPANY OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK PRIMARILY ON THE LYNG ESTATE AND ANY OTHER AREA WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SANDWELL;4.6 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;4.7 THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN AREAS IN WHICH THE COMPANY OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK PRIMARILY ON THE LYNG ESTATE AND ANY OTHER AREA WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SANDWELL) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: 4.7.1 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:(A) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (B) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES,4.7.2 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;4.7.3 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;4.7.4 THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE; 4.7.5 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;4.7.6 THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;4.7.7 THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME;4.7.8 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Grants received

1 grant · £112,925 total

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Disability 1Education/training 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 8Health and social care 1Professional services 1

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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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£1.5m 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.

62.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 50.7 in 2021

5 from 5 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1089147
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/04/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/02/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/10/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/05/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/10/2012
Companies House
Company number 03977954 · Active
Contact on the register
01215255969 · lyngcomm@btconnect.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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