SANDWELL MULTI CARE

Registered charity 517091 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANDWELL MULTI-HANDICAP GROUP

THE ORGANISATION PROVIDES SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO HAVE SEVERE LEARNING DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING A HOME BASED RESPITE CARE SERVICE, SATURDAY CLUB, HOLIDAY SCHEMES AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. THE ORGANISATION HAS A CHARITY SHOP WHICH RAISES FUNDS FOR THE CHARITY.THE CHARITY HAS A HOLIDAY BUNGALOW FOR USE.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE STRESSES OF THE MEMBERS OF FAMILIES WITHIN THE WEST MIDLANDS AREA WHERE THEY ARE CARING FOR A SEVERELY DISABLED MEMBER.

Area of benefit: WEST MIDLANDS

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

Causes: Disability · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £14,705 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £263,900 to £249,195. The charity holds £149,204 in cash at bank and has no restricted funds. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate with no material uncertainties affecting 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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

CQC provider record: Sandwell Multi Care — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 31/05/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Sandwell Multi-Care: Good (27/06/2019) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JANICE POOLEchair
• ADRIAN OWEN
• CAROL WHEATLEY
• DAWN RABONE
• Diane Wescott
• PAUL BENNETT
• Rose Parkes
• SIAN OWEN

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

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