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ASDAN

Registered charity 1066927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ASDAN's aim is the advancement of education, by providing opportunities for all learners to develop their personal and social attributes and levels of achievement through the use and attainment of ASDAN awards and qualifications, and the relief of poverty, where poverty inhibits such opportunities for learners. We have now developed more than 80 programmes of educational activity.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.4m
Latest spending
£3.8m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that ASDAN reported a net deficit of £355,259 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by significant investments in innovation and digital platforms. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains free unrestricted reserves of £2.8 million, which the trustees consider sufficient for current and proposed activities. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Customer support (40% of income)
“Customer support 1,368,989” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £1.35m (held: £2.8m)
“Our prudent reserves policy is to maintain an accessible financial contingency reserve of £750k plus the level of costs which would be required in the unlikely event of a decision to voluntarily wind up the company, which as at 31 March 2025 we estimated to be £601k.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by ML Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.4m
Total spending
£3.8m
Reserves (reported)
£4.6m
Employees
55

Reported reserves equal ~14.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Australia · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Burma · Cayman Islands · China · Colombia · Cuba · Cyprus · Egypt · Germany · Ghana

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.4m£3.8m
31/03/2024£3.2m£3.0m
31/03/2023£3.2m£3.0m
31/03/2022£3.0m£3.0m
31/03/2021£1.8m£1.7m

Common questions

Is ASDAN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that ASDAN reported a net deficit of £355,259 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by significant investments in innovation and digital platforms. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains free unrestricted reserves of £2.8 million, which the trustees consider sufficient for current and proposed activities. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by ML Audit LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, MEADGATE1£30k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CATHERINE'S, WAKEFIELD1£15k
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
MOSAIC CHURCH LIMITED1£6k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY1£5k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
WOLVERHAMPTON LGBT+1£684
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST KATHARINES, BLACKROD1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASHFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASDAN£3.4m——unclear—no doubt
ASHFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025£178k—0above—noted
D&AD FY2025£7.9m£290,001 - £300,0007above—no doubt
AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group FY2025£4.2m£100,001 - £110,000—unclear—no doubt
THE DANSON FOUNDATION FY2024£141k—0above—no doubt
MORE EDUCATION FY2025£531k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.