SANDWELL COMMUNITY INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION SERVICE LIMITED

Registered charity 1097702 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SCIPS provides a range of support services, co-ordinates and facilitates consultation opportunities for community groups and the residents of Sandwell

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £37,198 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £242,653 to £205,455. The trustees note that the Service Level Agreement with Sandwell MBC runs until March 2026 and that a new grant agreement providing £150k per year is being negotiated for 2026 onwards. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Sandwell MBC — “Sandwell MBC provide us with core funding to ensure that Sandwell Tenants and Residents can engage with services that affect their homes and…” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANN-MARIE DOCKERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony David Averis
• Edna Evelyn Dunn
• Eunice Plummer
• GLORIA FRANCIS
• Hawar Amin
• Jacqueline Elizabeth Purcell
• Jenny Porter
• Katherine Chung Ying Gordon
• MICHAEL SPENCER
• Marilyn Lipton
• Susan Smith
• TONIA MARIE FLANNAGAN
• TREVOR PURCELL

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

Operates in: 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).