The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Smethwick Church Action Network

Registered charity 1157993 CIO Registered since 2014

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.

8 trustees on the board

8.4y median 9.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

1
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 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Religious Activities 3

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£150k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.smethwickcan.org
Emailsarah@smethwickcan.org
Phone07927354537
AddressHOLY TRINITY COMMUNITY OFFICE, CHURCH HILL STREET, SMETHWICK, WEST MIDLANDS, B67 7AH

Finances

£150,081 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£202,482£165,337
2022£140,279£170,243
2023£199,389£147,630
2024£187,980£190,388
2025£150,081£169,888

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingReligious ActivitiesEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

I. TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN SMETHWICK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A. BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH BYI. INCREASING ITS AWARENESS OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE THEIR CHURCHES SEEK TO HELP FROM THE STATUTORY, VOLUNTARY AND PRIVATE SECTORS AND FACILITATING THE CHURCH’S ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE SECTORS IN ACCESSING THOSE RESOURCES;II. THE ENABLEMENT OF CHURCHES IN SMETHWICK AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA TO DEVELOP GROWING AND CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE LIVING AND SHARING OF THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH.B. INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND ASSOCIATED CHARITIES IN THE EFFECTIVE USE OF THEIR RESOURCES;II. THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN REGENERATION IN THE SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED AREAS OF SMETHWICK AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREAS BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANSA. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP:B. THE RELIEF OF FOOD POVERTY:C. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT:D. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE:E. THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS:F. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES:III. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 24 Jul 2014

Trustees (8)

8trustees
67median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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