Smethwick Heritage Centre Trust

Analysis

Smethwick Heritage Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Smethwick. It was registered in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05537789). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Smethwick Heritage Centre Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £67k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £70k to £41k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Smethwick Heritage Centre Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Broughton Village Hall (£41k), Nancy Blackett Trust (£41k) and The Ripon City Festival Trust 1986 (£41k).