THE SOLENT DIABETES ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1141865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SDA

The charity supports local diabetes community in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. We operate 2 diabetes charity shops, provide information, support and encouragement to people with diabetes on the high street. Specific support: books for Desmond Courses, activity course for young people with dabetes, support the paedreatic team with carb & cal books & patch bears help children how to inject,

Objects

A. PROVIDING INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND WELFARE FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DIABETES AND ITS RELATED COMPLICATIONS AND FOR THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM;B. PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DIABETES INCLUDING SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION;C. PROMOTING EDUCATION IN, AND INCREASING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF, THE NATURE, CAUSES, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND SELF-MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £162,540, which the trustees describe as 'still high' and retained for future use. The financial review states that performance was satisfactory, although the Gosport shop operated at a loss partially offset by rent reductions. The accounts were prepared under the small companies regime and exempt from audit.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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

• David John Dick
• MRS C Edwards
• Professor Kenneth Martin Shaw
• SYLVIA ROOT
• Thomas Strudwick

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Portsmouth City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH DIABETIC ASSOCIATION.

• THE BRITISH DIABETIC ASSOCIATION income £38.4m
• PRIMARY CARE DIABETES SOCIETY income £169k
• DIABETES CARE TRUST (ABCD) LIMITED income £391k
• Citizens Advice Solent East income £1.9m
• THE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION income £145k
• PORTSMOUTH AND WINCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION income £584k

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