Black Country Urban Industrial Mission

Analysis

Black Country Urban Industrial Mission is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Black Country Urban Industrial Mission reported income of £20k and spending of £33k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £15k to £20k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Black Country Urban Industrial Mission sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henley-On-Thames Relief in Need Charity (£20k), Royal Air Forces Association Aylesbury and Halton Branch (£20k) and Federation of Ghanaian Muslim Women Associations UK (£20k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.