The Charity Sweets Story
When he left his position on the board of directors, of what is now Virgin Media, Bob invested £60,000 to launch Sweet Causes Limited and to promote the Charity Sweets brand of confectionery. After many knock backs, recessions, sweat and tears, late nights and long weekends they have now a £3M per annum business employing 100 people and have to date donated over £500,000 to charity, his partner Sue, later joined the company on a full time in 2010 to take over all of the administration functions to the company.
Our Milestones...
February 2002 |
Secure commercial participation agreement with Mencap. |
April 2002 |
Move into new business premises in Aldridge. |
May 2006 |
Operating in over 20 regions. |
June 2010 |
Reached 20,000 customers and employing 40 people. |
September 2010 |
Donations reach £200,000. |
July 2013 |
New partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust. |
February 2015 |
Number of Charity Sweet boxes passes 40,000 mark. |
May 2015 |
Reach 100 employees. |
June 2015 |
Launched third partnership with The Children’s Air Ambulance. |
March 2016 |
Over £500,000 donated to charity |
March 2019 | £300,000 raised for Teenage Cancer Trust. |
October 2019 | New partnership agreement with Breast Cancer Now. |
January 2020 | Over £1 Million donated to charity. |