The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell

Registered charity 1133484 Registered since 2010

Operates: Sandwell

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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.

13.5y median 13.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5Education/training 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Health and social care 6Hospitality 3Professional 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
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incomespending£256k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.buds.co.uk
Emailinfo@buds.co.uk
Phone01215653721
AddressBARLOW COMMUNITY HALL, 110 Pound Road, OLDBURY, West Midlands, B68 8NB

Finances

£255,512 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£177,916£124,265
2022£218,034£188,673
2023£280,861£207,689
2024£195,798£256,627
2025£255,512£227,585

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

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

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA LIVING IN AREA OF BENEFIT AND THEIR CARERS, TO ENABLE THEM TO REMAIN LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOMES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:1. THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION FOR CARERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND2 THE PROVISION OF RELEVANT SUPPORT SERVICES AND TRAINING FOR SUFFERERS OF DEMENTIA, THEIR CARERS AND THE MEDICAL AND OTHER STAFF WHO HELP THEM. THE AREA OF BENEFIT IS THE WEST MIDLANDS, PARTICULARLY THE BOROUGH OF SANDWELL.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 FEBRUARY 2009

Trustees (5)

5trustees
79median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell (Buds) · 06814962 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 10/02/2009

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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