SOUTH ASTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1106139 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SACA

The centre exist to secure the needs of its local community by the promise of activities including music sport and leisure on the multi use games area installed with funding from Sport England. We also assist with young people projects attempting to get into radio broadcasting. social issues associated with crime in the areas.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH ASTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT THE DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;(B) TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE CENTRE) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY IN FURTHERANCE OF OBJECTS;(C) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: SOUTH ASTON, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£64k
Latest spending
£71k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an overall loss of £6,343 for the year, reducing total unrestricted funds from £70,342 to £63,999. Despite the loss, the charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £61,230 (carried forward) alongside restricted funds of £426,284, resulting in total net assets of £490,283. The trustees consider the company entitled to exemptions from audit and have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.

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.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 21

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 14

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£64k£71k
31/03/2024£59k£56k
31/03/2023£46k£58k
31/03/2022£84k£65k
31/03/2021£70k£62k

Common questions

Is SOUTH ASTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred an overall loss of £6,343 for the year, reducing total unrestricted funds from £70,342 to £63,999. Despite the loss, the charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £61,230 (carried forward) alongside restricted funds of £426,284, resulting in total net assets of £490,283. The trustees consider the company entitled to exemptions from audit and have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. 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 Fund21/06/2012£8kCommunity Leadership and Development Programme

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
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION1£1k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHMEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH ASTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£64k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHMEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£41k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE ASTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt
STUTTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£73k—0unclear—no doubt
GREYSTONE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£161k—0above—no doubt

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