MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT SANDIES

Registered charity 1151364 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MADAS

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Objects

TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM LIFE ISSUES INCLUDING STRESS, LOSS, BULLYING, RELATIONSHIP ISSUES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MENTAL ILLNESS, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, ADVOCACY AND A PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICE

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the company incurred a loss of £18,178 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in net liabilities of £541. Per the trustees' report, the company is subject to the small companies regime and is exempt from audit requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of discounts and value added taxes. Turnover includes revenue earned from the sale of goods and from the rendering of services.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-541)
“The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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.

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: Barking And Dagenham · Havering · Newham · Redbridge

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£42k£42k
31/03/2024£32k£40k
31/03/2023£42k£41k
31/03/2022£40k£27k
31/03/2021£34k£33k

Common questions

Is MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT SANDIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the company incurred a loss of £18,178 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in net liabilities of £541. Per the trustees' report, the company is subject to the small companies regime and is exempt from audit requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT SANDIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT SANDIES as a grant recipient include THE FUNDING NETWORK.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FUNDING NETWORKFY2023£7k
THE FUNDING NETWORKFY2022£7kPartnership Events - Black Funding Network

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2024£15kMAKE A DIFFERENCE at SANDIES 2
The National Lottery Community Fund14/06/2019£10kRead 4 Pleasure
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2017£10kMADAS Immediate Response
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2015£9kImproving Mental Health in Low income Communities