SMETHWICK CHURCH ACTION NETWORK

Registered charity 1157993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SMETHWICK CAN

Smethwick CAN works with local communities to tackle poverty, build community, increase aspiration and support the most vulnerable. We provide a wide range of services through local churches and community groups including places of welcome to build community; supporting people towards work and social enterprise to increase aspiration; and provide crisis relief to support the most vulnerable.

Objects

I. TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN SMETHWICK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A. BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH BYI. INCREASING ITS AWARENESS OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE THEIR CHURCHES SEEK TO HELP FROM THE STATUTORY, VOLUNTARY AND PRIVATE SECTORS AND FACILITATING THE CHURCH’S ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE SECTORS IN ACCESSING THOSE RESOURCES;II. THE ENABLEMENT OF CHURCHES IN SMETHWICK AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA TO DEVELOP GROWING AND CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE LIVING AND SHARING OF THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH.B. INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND ASSOCIATED CHARITIES IN THE EFFECTIVE USE OF THEIR RESOURCES;II. THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN REGENERATION IN THE SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED AREAS OF SMETHWICK AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREAS BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANSA. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP:B. THE RELIEF OF FOOD POVERTY:C. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT:D. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE:E. THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS:F. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES:III. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sandwell, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £19,807 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £99,405 to £79,598. The trustees acknowledge the ongoing impact of the cost-of-living crisis on demand and note that future plans include developing a sustainable funding strategy and exploring mixed models of fundraising.

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

What the accounts disclose

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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
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev DAVID ROBERT GOULDchair
• Gareth David Brown
• Hannah Girling · trustee of 1 other charity
• JENNY CANNINGS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kerry Joanne Peniket
• Rev Nicholas Martin Ross · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Stephen John Bentham
• WENDY DYKE

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH SMETHWICK DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

• NORTH SMETHWICK DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £240k
• SANDWELL CHURCHES LINK income £150k
• NEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY income £71k
• CHRISTCHURCH (METHODIST / CHURCH OF ENGLAND ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP) CLEVEDON income £229k
• SUTTON COMMUNITY WORKS income £423k
• THE PCC OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE RESURRECTION SMETHWICK IN THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM income £151k

Side by side with its peers

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