Charities in Sandwell

There are 818 registered charities based in and around Sandwell. 530 of them (65%) are small, with an income under £100,000 a year. The most common causes are children and young people, education, and disability.

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Sandwell in numbers

818
registered charities in and around the area
65%
are small, with an income under £100,000
12,635
volunteers give their time to local charities

What they work on

  • Children and young people208
  • Education141
  • Disability112
  • Poverty and hardship85
  • Arts and heritage61
  • Mental health35
  • Overseas aid35
  • Older people21

We count a charity under a cause when its description on the register makes it clear, which is true of 494 of the 818. Charities are placed by their registered address, so the numbers include some national charities with an office here. Volunteers are as reported by the 510 local charities under £1 million a year that file an annual return, from the returns held in October 2026. Data from the Charity Commission register, last refreshed in June 2026.

Charities for children and young people in Sandwell

5 of the 208 we found.

  1. Sandwell Young Carers

    B70 · Income £100k to £1m

    Sandwell Young Carers is a registered charity set up to identify and support children and young people aged 5-18 years of age whose health, education and social lives are affected as a result of caring for a dependent…

  2. Sandwell Youth in Action

    B66 · Small charity, income under £100k

    Sandwell Youth in Action (SYIA) is a local organisation of young people who work to support disadvantaged young people from the most deprived wards of Sandwell and neighbourhoods of Birmingham. The organisation aims to…

  3. Sandwell Asian Development Association

    B70 · Income £100k to £1m

    Sandwell Asian Development Association (SADA) was established in 2007 to help young people, predominantly Muslim (but not entirely), to not become engaged in crime and anti-social behaviour. The focus of the work…

  4. Sandwell Scout District

    B68 · Small charity, income under £100k

    To encourage the physical, mental and spiritual development of young people, so that they may take a constructive place in society. Open to all people from 6 years to 25 years old and are members of the world wide…

  5. Sandwell Unit 486 of the Sea Cadet Corps

    B64 · Small charity, income under £100k

    Training young people to naval standards

Education charities in Sandwell

5 of the 141 we found.

  1. Sandwell Community Information and Participation Service Limited

    B70 · Income £100k to £1m

    SCIPS provides a range of support services, co-ordinates and facilitates consultation opportunities for community groups and the residents of Sandwell

  2. Sandwell Homeless and Resettlement Project Limited

    B66 · Income £100k to £1m

    The provision of accommodation and support for homeless people, teenage parents and their children.

  3. Sandwell Visually Impaired

    B70 · Small charity, income under £100k

    Provision of health, well being support including fitness exercise programmes, to undertake research and to produce information and reports in a range of alternative formats. To hold public events targeted towards…

  4. Lion Farm Action Centre (Sandwell) Ltd

    B69 · Income £100k to £1m

    Lion Farm Action Centre strives to create opportunities for the economic and social regeneration of Lion Farm, Whiteheath, Blackheath, Tividale, Langley, Rowley and Oldbury. supporting families/carers through children's…

  5. Sandwell University of the Third Age

    B70 · Small charity, income under £100k

    Provide day time educational, creative and social activities for older people no longer in full time gainful employment

Disability charities in Sandwell

5 of the 112 we found.

  1. Sandwell Multi Care

    DY4 · Income £100k to £1m

    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…

  2. Sandwell Parents for Disabled Children

    B66 · Income £100k to £1m

    SPDC provides a range of play, leisure and sporting opportunities for disabled children and their families. We also provide a range of support and information for parent carers.

  3. Sandwell Deaf Community Association

    B71 · Income £100k to £1m

    The relief of deaf and hearing impaired persons in Sandwell, West Midlands and surrounding areas.

  4. Sandwell Citizens Advocacy

    DY4 · Income £100k to £1m

    To relieve the needs or disability of persons within the borough of Sandwell who suffer an impairment of their mental or physical faculties or who are vulnerable or at risk

  5. Sandwell Asian Family Support Service Limited

    B66 · Income £100k to £1m

    Our mission - to enhance the quality of life and to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals from the South Asian and other communities, who have a disability by providing a range of quality care and…

Poverty and hardship charities in Sandwell

5 of the 85 we found.

  1. Reaching Out (Sandwell) CIO

    B70 · Income under £10k

    Reaching Out is a charity that aims to provide support to the homeless principally in the area of Wednesbury West Midlands. We aim to relieve hardship and distress by ways of provision of food, other nourishment,…

  2. Sandwell Churches Link

    B70 · Income £100k to £1m

    SCL equips churches to connect with their local communities and take action to reduce homelessness, food poverty, financial exclusion and social isolation by:facilitating an anti-poverty movement;developing creative…

  3. Sandwell and District West Indian Community Association

    B70 · Income £100k to £1m

    Full and Part Time Childcare

  4. Grace & Mercy UK

    B66 · Small charity, income under £100k

    The organization's activities are: -- relief and prevention of poverty- helping people with ill-health, disability or financial hardship- helping young unemployed persons from disadvantaged communities to gain the…

  5. Bangladeshi Women's Association Limited

    DY4 · Income £100k to £1m

    To provide for the people of Tipton and surrounding area ,services to individuals who are disadvantaged by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or…

Arts and heritage charities in Sandwell

5 of the 61 we found.

  1. Sandwell Libraries Federation

    B68 · Income under £10k

    The Charity promotes educational, informational and recreational activities throughout Sandwell Communities, in addition to those provided by the statutory authorities, to increase social well being, social justice and…

  2. Smethwick Heritage Centre Trust

    B66 · Small charity, income under £100k

    Our aim is to collect, store, archive and display objects and material connected with Smethwick. This is done by means of education and training in the arts and culture, the environment and conservation and heritage.…

  3. Halesowen Orchestra

    B64 · Income under £10k

    A thriving weekly-rehearsing orchestra in the West of Birmingham. Presenting three concerts a year and often working with professional soloists.

  4. The Crescent Theatre Trust Ltd

    B16 · Small charity, income under £100k

    The objectives of the Trust are for the promotion and encouragement of education among the public, and for the purpose of raising funds to finance the building and equipping of the Crescent Theatre.

  5. Dudley Little Theatre

    B64 · Small charity, income under £100k

    Amateur dramatic theatre group.

Mental health charities in Sandwell

5 of the 35 we found.

  1. Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation

    B70 · Income £100k to £1m

    Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation provides services predominantly for Black African, Caribbean, Black dual heritage adults recovering from mental illness and the wider community. Beneficiaries reside…

  2. Sudanese Community in Sandwell CIO

    B68 · Income under £10k

    All our activities are aimed at helping our community to reconnect to their newenvironment and the community around them, adjust to their new lives in the UK as UKCitizens and re-integrate into their new community…

  3. Organisation for Sickle Cell Anaemia Research (Oscar) Sandwell Company Limited

    B70 · Income under £10k

    Support for people affected by Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia genetic blood disorders. Provision of counselling, advice and information, screening, education and training, health promotion, self help groups, social…

  4. Wolverhampton Suicide Prevention Stakeholder Forum Charitable Trust

    WV14 · Income under £10k

    WOLVERHAMPTON SUICIDE PREVENTION STAKEHOLDER FORUM CHARITABLE TRUST works to prevent suicide in Wolverhampton through its activity and actions. It can also provide funding for others to prevent suicide in Wolverhampton.

  5. Sikh Your Mind

    B69 · Small charity, income under £100k

    Sikh your Mind was founded in 2015 (registered formally in 2019) to offer psychological support to the Sikh and Punjabic ommunity. We have been supporting the community via our telephone helpline, live chat, virtual…

Small charities in Sandwell

Most charities here are small, often a few volunteers doing good work close to home, and few of them can afford to advertise. Each of these has an income under £100,000 a year and has reported its accounts recently.

  1. The Potters House Christian Fellowship (Birmingham)

    B70 · Small charity, income under £100k

    We are a active congregation involved in Evangelism and reaching our community through music and preaching

  2. Haroon Tariq Jahan Foundation

    B18 · Small charity, income under £100k

    Charitable projects for needy persons in the uk and abroad

  3. Sandwell Irish Society

    B70 · Small charity, income under £100k

    We work specifically but not exclusively with the Irish/Irish Traveller communities; we offer information/advice on a range of topics; we liaise with service providers to ensure there is awareness of the aspirations and…

  4. Parmarth Sadhna Charitable Trust UK

    B18 · Small charity, income under £100k

    To advance the Sikh religion for the benefit of the publicTo advance education, including education in the Sikh religion, and other subjects for the benefit of the publicTo provide or assist in the preparation of…

  5. 25th Birmingham 1st Beeches Scout Group

    B42 · Income under £10k

    Scouting activities for young people between 6 and 18 years of age.

  6. Bumble Hole Conservation Group

    B65 · Small charity, income under £100k

    Bumble Hole visitor centre is run by volunteers & raises funds by sales of drinks & snacks to the public, boaters, walkers, cyclists & local school pupils. Conservation & educational events include planting days, bat…

  7. Birmingham Bmx Club

    B42 · Small charity, income under £100k

    A community sports club and facility, specifically for the cycling discipline of BMX. The club offers coaching, race events and open sessions to participants of all ages.

  8. Showtime Community Productions CIO

    B71 · Small charity, income under £100k

    Showtime Community Productions produces quality performances for the local community of West Bromwich and surrounding areas. By sourcing local talented individuals, that want to advance their knowledge, interests or…

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Questions people ask

How many charities are there in Sandwell?

There are 818 registered charities based in and around Sandwell. 530 of them (65%) are small, with an income under £100,000 a year. The figures come from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales, last refreshed in June 2026, and count charities by their registered address.

What do charities in Sandwell work on?

The most common causes are children and young people (208), education (141), and disability (112). We count a charity under a cause when its own description on the register makes that clear, which is true of 494 of the 818, so the real numbers are higher.

How many people volunteer for charities in Sandwell?

Local charities in and around Sandwell have 12,635 volunteers between them. That's what 510 charities with an income under £1 million a year told the Charity Commission in their latest annual return. Charities with an income under £10,000 don't have to report it, so the real number is higher.

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