BLACK SOUTH WEST NETWORK

Registered charity 1123633 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£2.5m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

2008

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£2.5m

Total spending

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£1.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~14.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Abdi Mohamed
Afzal Shah
Barbara Brown
Barbara Witter
Dr Marcus Walters
Marti Burgess
Mohammed Rashid · trustee of 1 other charity
Olumide Cocker-Dickens
Paul Kempster

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.5m	£1.4m
31/03/2024	£1.9m	£1.6m
31/03/2023	£1.5m	£880k
31/03/2022	£1.1m	£615k
31/03/2021	£840k	£539k

Common questions

Who funds BLACK SOUTH WEST NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLACK SOUTH WEST NETWORK as a grant recipient include JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION, THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY, THE NISBET TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	FY2023	£38k
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY	FY2022	£25k
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY	FY2024	£23k
THE NISBET TRUST	FY2022	£20k
THE NISBET TRUST	FY2021	£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/11/2022	£1.4m	"Re-Telling and Reimagining the Histories and Cultural Heritage of Racially Minoritized Communities in the Southwest"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/01/2019	£186k	"Developing BSWNÂ’s ICH Management Capacity"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/02/2017	£73k	"#ThereISBlackInTheUnionJack"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/07/2015	£65k	"Where Are We From and Who Are We Now? - Bristol Somali Diaspora"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/05/2013	£47k	"RaceÂ’ through the Generations: Digital stories from BME communities in Gloucester and Bristol"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/02/2011	£45k	"Back to the Future"