COMMUNITY CONNECT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1083405 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SBYF, SMETHWICK BANGLADESHI YOUTH FORUM

The key activities of the organisation are:-++? Education and Training-++? Skills Development Activities-++? Health Development Activities-++? Adult Guidance-++? Employment Support-++? ICT and Internet access facility-++? Youth Engagement-++? Research & Development

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE WEST MIDLANDS WITH APARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE DISTRICT OF SMETHWICK AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEGENERALITY OF THE FORGOING, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO BANGLADESHI'SRESIDING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TOPROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVINGTHE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID COMMUNITIES.

Area of benefit: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SANDWELL WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE DISTRICTOF SMETHWICK.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£310k
Latest spending
£284k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £25,597 for the year, with total income of £309,616 against expenditure of £284,019. The trustees report that the charity holds £567,849 in total funds at the end of the period, including £126,414 in unrestricted funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants and fees
“Grants and fees 74,709 228,086 302,795” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £126k; policy: six months of the resources expended)
“The Trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity should be approximately six months of the resources expended.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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: Birmingham City · Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£310k£284k
31/03/2024£272k£260k
31/03/2023£238k£226k
31/03/2022£292k£182k
31/03/2021£151k£138k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY CONNECT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £25,597 for the year, with total income of £309,616 against expenditure of £284,019. The trustees report that the charity holds £567,849 in total funds at the end of the period, including £126,414 in unrestricted funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2026£20kUplift
The National Lottery Community Fund25/05/2023£219kOpening Gateways to Work
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2021£10kFreshsteps
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2021£218kSustaining Achieving Together throughout the Community
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2020£22kCovid-19 funding extension
Sport England05/06/2020£7kCOVID-19 CEF
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2020£33kNew CCF Covid-19 response
The National Lottery Community Fund13/03/2020£10kIntegrated Cooking
Sport England28/11/2016£4kNokwa Bais 2016
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2016£10kMigrant Food & Music Festival
Sport England23/10/2015£7kNowka Bais
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2015£484kAchieving Together
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/11/2014£39k"From Poverty to Success v2"
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2009£490kAdvance and Achieve
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/09/2006£50k"These Are My Roots..............This is Where I Came From"
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2005£209kExtend the range of activities and services available to the local communit
The National Lottery Community Fund07/09/2004£5kYoung people's development project