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Registered charity · Birmingham

The Basw Trust

  • 6 trustees
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: The British Association of Social Workers.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.basw.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Basw Trust
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£0£7k
  • 2023£0£107
Earlier years
  • 2022£0£413
  • 2021£5k£1k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF SOCIAL WORKERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ITS EFFECTS. TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS OF SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL ORGANISATION AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

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

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

  • The British Association of Social Workers since 2011
8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
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 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

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

Other services 7Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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
incomespendingspending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
298588
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27TH JANUARY 1988
Companies House
Company number 02214337 · Active
Contact on the register
01216223911 · info@basw.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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