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Registered charity · Bromsgrove

Blackwell Adventure

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £1.5m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Recreation
Where
Birmingham City, Dudley, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
Website
www.blackwelladventure.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Blackwell Adventure
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£1.5m£1.6m
  • 2023£1.4m£1.4m
  • 2022£1.3m£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2021£886k£763k
  • 2020£645k£533k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS, IN THE SUBJECT OF OUTDOOR AND INDOOR ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES.3.2) TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL, AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES.3.3) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES (WORLD WIDE) 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.THE MAIN AREA OF BENEFIT IS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF THE WEST MIDLANDS.

Grants received

8 grants · £391,190 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £180,000 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £148,690 (2 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £55,000 (2 grants)
  • Sport England · £7,500

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £25,0002023-04-14
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £55,0002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £80,0002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £45,0002020-08-28
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £30,0002020-08-21
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.

9 trustees on the board

4.4y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

8
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 9Recreation 9Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 8Manufacturing 2Retail and trade 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.5m latest income
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.4 in 2020

38
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
1121161
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 MARCH 2006
Companies House
Company number 01534697 · Active
Contact on the register
01214451285 · info@blackwelladventure.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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