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SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HEALTHCARE AND HOSPITALS CHARITY

Registered charity 1207583 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Your City and Metropolitan Hospitals Charity

We are the registered charity of Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, incorporating not only our hospital sites at City, Rowley Regis, Sandwell and Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, but also over 150 community healthcare services including GPs and our partners.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£943k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total charitable income of £1,140,000 and total expenditure of £940,000, resulting in an overall surplus of £200,000 for the year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £0.1 million, which is below the stated policy target of six months of forecast annual expenditure (£0.6m to £0.8m). The charity holds significant unrestricted funds of £3.2 million, largely held in designated funds for specific departments and projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of forecast annual total charity expenditure (held: £100k)
“Trustees have agreed a free reserve target range of six months of forecast annual total charity expenditure. This would range from £0.6m to £0.8m.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is considered to be related party. The Charitable funds reimbursed Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust £242,138 for the costs of staff employed by the Trust but working on behalf of the Charities and for the purposes of the Charities in 2024/25.
“The Charitable funds reimbursed Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust £242,138 (£179,892 2023/24) for the costs of staff employed by the Trust but working on behalf of the Charities and for the purposes of the Charities in 2024/25.” — page 58
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe UK. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Your City and Metropolitan Hospitals Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£943k
Cost of raising funds
£226k
Reserves (reported)
£10k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 19.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£943k

Common questions

Is SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HEALTHCARE AND HOSPITALS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total charitable income of £1,140,000 and total expenditure of £940,000, resulting in an overall surplus of £200,000 for the year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £0.1 million, which is below the stated policy target of six months of forecast annual expenditure (£0.6m to £0.8m). The charity holds significant unrestricted funds of £3.2 million, largely held in designated funds for specific departments and projects. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe UK.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES3£308k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST3£16k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST2£32k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£8k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST2£4k
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION1£1.9m
CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK1£1.1m
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£234k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HEALTHCARE AND HOSPITALS CHARITY£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM CHARITY FY2025£6.2m——unclear22.3%no doubt
BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025£9.0m——above35.0%no doubt
THE ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON NHS TRUST CHARITY FY2025£856k—0unclear—no doubt
STAFFORD AND CANNOCK LEAGUE OF HOSPITAL FRIENDS FY2025£1.7mAbove £60,0001above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.