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Registered charity (CIO) · West Midlands

Better Together

Better Together is a registered charity (number 1183516) based in West Midlands, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £0 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Better Together Project (South Smethwick) (Charity Commission)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £0 (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Sandwell
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£1k
  • 2024£0£1k
  • 2023£0£1k
Earlier years
  • 2022£16£1k
  • 2021£6k£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE AS FOLLOWS:-TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SMETHWICK AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, BY THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Grants received

1 grant · £5,500 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,500

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,5002021-02-25
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.

4 trustees on the board

5.8y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4Economic/community Development/employment 4General Charitable Purposes 4

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 1Other services 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
incomespendingspending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1183516
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 May 2019
Contact on the register
01214229899 · bettertogethercio@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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