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SANDWELL AND DISTRICT WEST INDIAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1072523 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SADWICA

Full and Part Time Childcare

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£262k
Latest spending
£248k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £14,021 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £5,118. However, the trustees note that ongoing viability remains precarious due to the cessation of Local Authority statutory grants and the challenge of producing a surplus to service working capital in the current economic climate.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £5k; policy: £20,000)
“Sadwica has not reached a trading or grant negotiating position to be able to build in a sufficient level of surplus within its income stream and to achieve this goal.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“However the on going viability still remains precarious in the current economic climate and producing a surplus to service working capital is still a challenge. The directors continue to take steps and make various difficult decisions to attempt to keep the project afloat.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

The charity’s company has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: active).
corporate-voluntary-arrangement — 2008-12-08, 2014-01-30
Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£262k£248k
31/03/2024£118k£114k
30/09/2023£228k£237k
30/09/2022£241k£248k
30/09/2021£236k£233k

Common questions

Is SANDWELL AND DISTRICT WEST INDIAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £14,021 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £5,118. However, the trustees note that ongoing viability remains precarious due to the cessation of Local Authority statutory grants and the challenge of producing a surplus to service working capital in the current economic climate. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.