The Black Country Net

Analysis

The Black Country Net is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07372351). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Black Country Net reported income of £129k and spending of £89k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £61k to £129k (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Black Country Net sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Folkestone Holy Trinity with Christ Church (£129k), True Jesus Church Sunderland (£129k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Edmund, Chingford (£129k).