Registered charity · Brierley Hill
Black Country Food Bank Limited
Black Country Food Bank Limited is a registered charity (number 1136676) based in Brierley Hill, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Jason Mark Russell since 2015. Latest income £1.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £1.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and more
- Website
- www.blackcountryfoodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Black Country Foodbank Limited
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.2m£1.2m
- 2024£1.4m£1.1m
- 2023£1.4m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.1m£989k
- 2021£1.2m£786k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND NEED FOR PERSONS IN THE BLACK COUNTRY (THAT IS THE BOROUGHS OF DUDLEY, SANDWELL, WALSALL AND WOLVERHAMPTON) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE DIRECTORS DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD AND ADVICE.
Grants received
10 grants · £91,338 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 Headley Trust · £30,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £27,168 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £20,000
- Crisis UK · £5,000
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £4,670
Most recent
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
- Jason Mark Russell Chair since 2015
- Joanne COX since 2025
- Lyndon Massey since 2019
- Peggy La Rue since 2022
- Peter Watson since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Jason Mark Russell Chair since 2015
- Lyndon Massey since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Jason Mark Russell Chair since 2015
- Joanne COX since 2025
- Lyndon Massey since 2019
- Peggy La Rue since 2022
- Peter Watson since 2025
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
13.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1136676
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 AUGUST 2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 22 MARCH 2010
- Companies House
- Company number 06986325 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01384671250 · admin@blackcountryfoodbank.org.uk
- 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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