NEW BEGINNINGS COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1195791 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a community development charity based in Smethwick, Sandwell. We work with the looking community to alleviate the effects of poverty and isolation by providing groups and signposting services which help the community and the individual.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, WHICH ARE TO BE CARRIED OUT IN SANDWELL, WEST MIDLANDS, ARE:1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES WHO ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE BASIC EQUIPMENT, CONSUMABLES AND CLOTHING FOR BABIES BY SUPPLYING THEM WITH SUCH ITEMS FREE OF CHARGE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · 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 movement in funds of (9,724) for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in fund balances from 60,019 to 50,295. Total incoming resources were 71,188, while total resources expended were 80,912. The balance sheet shows net current assets of 47,174 and total assets less current liabilities of 50,295.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Peter Spencechair
• Esther Spence
• Gail Sault
• John Pearson
• Pamela Hancox

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 SMETHWICK CHURCH ACTION NETWORK.

• SMETHWICK CHURCH ACTION NETWORK income £150k
• GREETS GREEN COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES income £340k
• GROUNDWORK FIVE COUNTIES income £1.2m
• TOGETHER OUR COMMUNITY income £413k
• NEW COMMUNITY NETWORK income £1.3m
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k

Side by side with its peers

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