SANDWELL ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED

Registered charity 1098917 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAFSS

Our mission - to enhance the quality of life and to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals from the South Asian and other communities, who have a disability by providing a range of quality care and opportunities.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF INDIVIDUALS OF SOUTH ASIAN ORIGINS AND DESCENT WHO HAVE A DISABILITY BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO SAID INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sandwell, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £10,114 for the year ended 31st March 2025, with total incoming resources of £871,705. The trustees maintain free unrestricted reserves of £317,637, which they consider sufficient to ensure continued operation and cover unplanned emergencies. The charity relies heavily on funding from local authorities and direct payments to sustain its services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 06/02/2025, 6 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04258543

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.

• KAUR, Jatinder — director, appointed 10/12/2019on trustee list
• PATEL, Raksha — director, appointed 12/12/2017on trustee list
• CAIE, Rajbir Rani Kaur — director, appointed 12/12/2013not on trustee list
• KAUR, Baljit — director, appointed 10/12/2009on trustee list
• SANDHU, Davinder Singh — director, appointed 08/05/2002on trustee list
• VERMA, Sanjiv — director, appointed 25/07/2001on trustee list
• DHATT, Parpinder Kaur — secretary, appointed 25/07/2001

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

CQC provider record: Sandwell Asian Family Support Service Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 06/12/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Sandwell Asian Family Support: Good (03/01/2020) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• JATINDER KAURchair
• BALJIT KAUR
• DAVINDER SINGH SANDHU
• RAJBIR Kaur
• RAKSHA PATEL
• SANJIV VERMA · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SANDWELL CITIZENS ADVOCACY.

• SANDWELL CITIZENS ADVOCACY income £230k
• HAVERING ASIAN SOCIAL AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION income £202k
• AL-SADAQAH income £30k
• SANDWELL PARENTS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN income £255k
• SANDWELL AFRICAN CARIBBEAN MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION income £623k
• SANDWELL HOMELESS AND RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED income £566k

Side by side with its peers

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