# Active Black Country Limited

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1210894 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1210894)
- Company number: 14537800
- Website: https://www.activeblackcountry.co.uk
- What it funds: Education / training, Health / saving of lives, Disability, Amateur sport, Economic / community development / employment
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Older people, People with disabilities, People of a particular ethnic or racial origin, Other charities or voluntary bodies, The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations, Provides services, Provides advocacy / advice / information, Sponsors or undertakes research, Acts as an umbrella or resource body
- Area of operation: Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton
- Trustees: 7
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/active-black-country

The charity is established for the benefit of the public of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton and the surrounding areas to promote physical movement, sport and recreation for the improvement and preservation of good health and well being as well as the advancement of education in the subject of sport and physical activity.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The company’s objects are for the benefit of the public in the metropolitan boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, and Walsall, the city of Wolverhampton, and the surrounding areas: 3.1.1 to preserve and protect good health including but not exclusively through raising awareness of, and promoting, opportunities for participation in physical activity, sport, and recreation; 3.1.2 to relieve those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial, or other disadvantage, including but not exclusively through promoting the provision of facilities, services, and infrastructure for, and making grants to facilitate participation in, physical activity, sport, and recreation; 3.1.3 to advance education in the subjects of sport, physical activity, and recreation; including but not exclusively by carrying out and publishing research and through providing training programs, courses, and the development of resources; and3.1.4 to promote community participation in healthy recreation through the facilitation of community participation in physical activity and recreation, including but not exclusively by the coordination of sporting, recreational and physical activities capable of promoting good health.

## What it funds

Active Black Country Limited is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training, health / saving of lives, disability, amateur sport and economic / community development / employment for children / young people, older people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations, provides services, provides advocacy / advice / information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Active Black Country Limited in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (activeblackcountry.co.uk) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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