SANDWELL AFRICAN CARIBBEAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1082017 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE KUUMBA CENTRE

Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation provides services predominantly for Black African, Caribbean, Black dual heritage adults recovering from mental illness and the wider community. Beneficiaries reside in and around Sandwell. We offer support focused on, recovery, employment, peer support, ex-offenders, volunteering, activities, carers, user forum, outreach, and family support.

Objects

The relief of suffering predominantly for Black African, Caribbean and Black dual heritage inhabitants of the area of benefit experiencing or recovering from mental illness, their families, carers and the wider community, In particular but not exclusively through the provision of a range of holistic and culturally responsive services including education, training, peer support, volunteering, health information, group work, user led and social activities to support longer periods of good wellbeing, recovery and independence for the said inhabitants

Area of benefit: SANDWELL, WEST MIDLANDS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £93,596 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £622,967 and total expenditure of £529,371. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds total unrestricted general reserves of £131,939 and describes its financial position as sound and well established. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from the date of authorization.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Feltons. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• People's Health Trust — “As part of the Better Homes, Better Health programme funded by People’s Health Trust, SACMHF facilitated a tenant consultation bringing toge…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BISHOP DONALD WILLIAMS BA, PGDIP · trustee of 1 other charity
• Donna Mighty · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marcia Wilson
• Richard McDonald

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).