SANDWELL PARENTS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN

Registered charity 1125576 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SPDC provides a range of play, leisure and sporting opportunities for disabled children and their families. We also provide a range of support and information for parent carers.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE OF LIFE AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.TO FURTHER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHILDHOOD DISABILITY AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILDREN, SIBLINGS, PARENTS AND OTHER CARERS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, WEST BROMWICH.

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

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£255k

Latest spending

£250k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £5,100 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing total funds to £107,509. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of between 3 and 6 months of expenditure, estimated at approximately £148,593. The current unrestricted reserves of £60,792 are below this stated policy target.

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

“The trustees have decided to set a level of reserves, which equate in value to between 3 and 6 months expenditure. Trustees have estimated that 6 months cost will be approximately £148,593.”

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.

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
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.

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

Volunteers: 22
Government income: £212,520 — contracts £106,260 (5), grants £106,260 (5); 83% of the £255,142 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 23
Government income: £150,260 — contracts £106,260 (5), grants £44,000 (2); 61% of the £244,996 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £196,346 — contracts £104,940 (5), grants £91,406 (4); 80% of the £245,453 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Jo-Ann Rogerschair
Gemma Williams
Katy Donaldson
Lindsey Danks
Louise Billington
Marie Osborne
PARPINDER DHATT
Polly Somervell
SUZANNE LOUISE HILL
Samanatha Love
Sarah Mann
VAL HEATON
Vicky Mclean

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£255k	£250k
31/03/2024	£245k	£251k
31/03/2023	£245k	£260k
31/03/2022	£247k	£234k
31/03/2021	£221k	£190k

Common questions

Is SANDWELL PARENTS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £5,100 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing total funds to £107,509. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of between 3 and 6 months of expenditure, estimated at approximately £148,593. The current unrestricted reserves of £60,792 are below this stated policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SANDWELL PARENTS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SANDWELL PARENTS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN as a grant recipient include THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST, C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST	FY2025	£8k	Activities and support for disabled children and young people and their families
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	FY2023	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	30/09/2024	£25k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/01/2020	£133k	Parent Carers Together Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/02/2015	£10k	Parent Carer Support Project
Sport England	29/03/2012	£1k	Trampoling and rebound therapy for disabled children .

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£10k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£7k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£3k
Matchroom Charitable Foundation	1	£60k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£27k
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£15k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	1	£14k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPECIAL NEEDS AND PARENTS LIMITED.

SPECIAL NEEDS AND PARENTS LIMITED income £925k
WEST SMETHWICK ENTERPRISE income £824k
SANDWELL CITIZENS ADVOCACY income £230k
SANDWELL HOMELESS AND RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED income £566k
Paediatric Critical Care Society income £212k
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA FOR SANDWELL income £256k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SANDWELL PARENTS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN	£255k	—	below	—	no doubt
SPECIAL NEEDS AND PARENTS LIMITED FY2025	£925k	—	within	—	no doubt
WEST SMETHWICK ENTERPRISE FY2025	£824k	—	below	—	no doubt
SANDWELL CITIZENS ADVOCACY FY2025	£230k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SANDWELL HOMELESS AND RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED FY2025	£566k	—	above	—	no doubt
Paediatric Critical Care Society FY2025	£212k	—	above	—	no doubt

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