The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Social Workers Benevolent Trust

Registered charity 262889 Registered since 1971

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Other services 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£111k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.swbt.org.uk
Emailchair@swbt.org
Phone01216223911
AddressSWBT, Wellesley House, 37 Waterloo Street, BIRMINGHAM, B2 5PP

Finances

£96,055 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£117,594£85,845
2022£160,313£120,243
2023£153,771£113,627
2024£111,100£88,583
2025£96,055£101,046

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORK AND THE WIVES WIDOWS CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS BEING IN NEED OF RELIEF.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 27TH APRIL 1971 as amended on 13 Jul 2021

Trustees (10)

10trustees
76median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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