The Marcellus Baz Foundation

Registered charity 1158631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NOTTINGHAM SCHOOL OF BOXING

Boxing coaching and multi-sports activities and provisions - to individuals of various ages across Nottingham

Objects

The objects of the charity (objects) are, without reference to race, sex, disability, creed or social background, for the benefit of children, young people and adults in Nottinghamshire and other counties in the East Midlands:1. The advancement of amateur sport for children, young people and adults to participate in boxing and other leisure-time activities so that they might grow to maturity as individuals and trustees of society and so that their conditions of life may be improved2. To act as a resource for children, young people and adults by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of:a. advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals;b. advancing education in such ways as the trustees think fit;c. the relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment;3. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. (For the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or part of society, as a result of being a member of a socially and economically deprived community).

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 · Amateur Sport · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £661,355, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £70,000. The charity reported an operating surplus of £151,767 and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Complaints policy and procedures
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• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Marcellus Baz Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marcellus Bazchair
• Fozia Uddin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Emmett · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOAN SMALLEY
• Mick McGrath
• Ruth Pender Jane
• Shahbaz Haque
• Valari Mitchell

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

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