Sandwell Community Information and Participation Service Limited

Analysis

Sandwell Community Information and Participation Service Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in May 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03071683). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sandwell Community Information and Participation Service Limited reported income of £426k and spending of £464k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £335k to £426k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Sandwell Community Information and Participation Service Limited sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mersea Island Trust (£426k), King Edward VI and the Reverend Joseph Prime Almshouse Charity (£427k) and Chester Aid to the Homeless (£425k).