Registered charity · West Bromwich
Sandwell and West Birmingham Healthcare and Hospitals Charity
- 13 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Steve AllenChair · since 2024
- Abigail VlahakisTrustee · since 2025
- Bhupinder Singh MinhasTrustee · since 2024
- Diane WakeTrustee · since 2025
- Dinah MclannahanTrustee · since 2024
- Gareth AstonTrustee · since 2024
- Laura BrosterTrustee · since 2026
- Lesley WrittleTrustee · since 2026
- Madeleine ParmarTrustee · since 2026
- Melanie RobertsTrustee · since 2024
- Rachel BarlowTrustee · since 2026
- Rhian VandrillTrustee · since 2024
- Victoria UnderhillTrustee · since 2024
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, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.swbh.nhs.uk/charity-fundraising (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Healthcare and Hospitals Charity
- Registered
- 2024
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£943k
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTH AND WEST BIRMINGHAM IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING THE SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM NHS TRUST AND ENHANCING THE EXPERIENCE OF PERSONS USING ITS SERVICES AND TO SECURE BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES BY:A) IMPROVING THE TRUST’S INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT AND MAKING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO FACILITIES;B) SUPPORTING THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL AND NON-CLINICAL STAFF AND SUPPORTING WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES;C) SUPPORT AND CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO CARE TREATMENTS AND PATHWAYS THAT WILL ENHANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES; ANDD) SUPPORT COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH OUTCOMES THROUGH PROVIDING SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND GENERAL PRACTITIONERS.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Steve Allen Chair since 2024
- Abigail Vlahakis since 2025
- Bhupinder Singh Minhas since 2024
- Diane Wake since 2025
- Dinah Mclannahan since 2024
- Gareth Aston since 2024
- Laura Broster since 2026
- Lesley Writtle since 2026
- Madeleine Parmar since 2026
- Melanie Roberts since 2024
- Rachel Barlow since 2026
- Rhian Vandrill since 2024
- Victoria Underhill since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Steve Allen Chair since 2024
- Abigail Vlahakis since 2025
- Bhupinder Singh Minhas since 2024
- Diane Wake since 2025
- Dinah Mclannahan since 2024
- Gareth Aston since 2024
- Laura Broster since 2026
- Lesley Writtle since 2026
- Madeleine Parmar since 2026
- Melanie Roberts since 2024
- Rachel Barlow since 2026
- Rhian Vandrill since 2024
- Victoria Underhill since 2024
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1207583
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 MAR 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 15557883 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01215075196 · TRUSTCHARITY@NHS.NET
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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