Registered charity · Birmingham
Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell
- 5 trustees
- Income £256k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Sandwell
- Website
- www.buds.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell (Buds)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£256k£228k
- 2024£196k£257k
- 2023£281k£208k
Earlier years
- 2022£218k£189k
- 2021£178k£124k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
16 grants · £873,994 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £691,953 (9 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £117,041 (3 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £30,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £15,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- KAY Rachel Shilton Chair since 2014
- Peter Gaunt
- Rachel Sarah Louise Silber
- Robert Francis Piper since 2011
- Victor Paul Silvester
Trustees past 6 years
- KAY Rachel Shilton Chair since 2014
- Robert Francis Piper since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- KAY Rachel Shilton Chair since 2014
- Peter Gaunt
- Rachel Sarah Louise Silber
- Robert Francis Piper since 2011
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1133484
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 FEBRUARY 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 06814962 · Liquidation
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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