SANDWELL ASIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1121109 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sandwell Asian Development Association (SADA) was established in 2007 to help young people, predominantly Muslim (but not entirely), to not become engaged in crime and anti-social behaviour. The focus of the work delivered by SADA is centred on sport as an engagement mechanism, but the outcome is social education..

Objects

TO PROMOTE ALL OR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AND IN PARTICULAR:TO HELP EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF ASIAN ORIGIN, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF LEISURE TIME TIME ACTIVITIES WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE TEACHING OF AMATEUR BOXING AND CRICKET SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITY THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY

Area of benefit: SANDWELL - WEST MIDLANDS

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£116k
Latest spending
£125k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating deficit of £8,696 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total resources expended exceeding incoming resources. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £54,869, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover operating costs for approximately 12 months. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than an audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to cover its operating costs for approximately 12 months (held: £55k)
“The trustees feel that the charitable company has sufficient reserves to cover its operating costs for approximately 12 months.” — page 14
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £6,152 — grants £6,152 (2); 5% of the £116,286 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £71,396 — grants £71,396 (1); 60% of the £119,084 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £12,410 — grants £12,410 (2); 13% of the £97,413 total gross income on the same return

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 31/03/2023 (received 10/02/2024, 10 days after the 31/01/2024 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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£116k£125k
31/03/2025£119k£150k
31/03/2024£97k£85k
31/03/2023£61k£60k
31/03/2022£67k£67k

Common questions

Is SANDWELL ASIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating deficit of £8,696 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total resources expended exceeding incoming resources. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £54,869, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover operating costs for approximately 12 months. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than an audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SANDWELL ASIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SANDWELL ASIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE SHELDON TRUST, THE DWF FOUNDATION, THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SAINTBURY TRUST, THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SHELDON TRUSTFY2022£10kYouth Development
THE SHELDON TRUSTFY2023£5kYouth Development
THE DWF FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2022£2kThe Advancement of Education
THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2023£2kAdvancement of Amateur Sport
THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2024£2kAdvancement of Amateur Sport
THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2025£2kAdvancement of Amateur Sport
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2021£2kCommunity Inclusion and Engagement
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kChildren and Youth
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2022£1kCommunity, Inclusion and Engagement
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kChildren / Young People
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kChildren and Youth
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2023£1kCommunity Projects and Engagement
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2024£1kCommunity Inclusion and Engagement
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kChildren and Youth
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2023£500Social Welfare
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026amount not statedChildren / Young People

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England25/07/2025£9kGreet's Green Girls (BoxFit)
The National Lottery Community Fund10/04/2025£20kWelcome Here!
The National Lottery Community Fund28/09/2023£9kBME female 11-18 years people fitness programme
The National Lottery Community Fund14/07/2023£7kMH young peoples holiday non contact boxing programme
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2022£8kSandwell post covid fitness programme
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2021£7kSandwell coronavirus mental and physical wellbeing project
Sport England08/02/2021£1kCOVID19 Return to Play
Sport England20/05/2020£5kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England09/01/2019£8kSandwell active non contact boxing programme
Sport England20/04/2010£8kPostive impact from amateur boxing
The National Lottery Community Fund05/10/2004£4kRunning costs

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SANDWELL ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SANDWELL ASIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION£116k——unclear—no doubt
SANDWELL ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED FY2025£872k——above—no doubt
SOUTH ASIAN HEALTH ACTION FY2025£97k——unclear—no doubt
SANDWELL AFRICAN WOMEN ASSOCIATION FY2025£74k—0above—no doubt
ASIAN MUSLIM CULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£118k—0unclear—no doubt
AL-SADAQAH FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt

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