SEVEN UP CHARITY
Registered charity 1179683 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEVEN UP
We offer a range of accessible inclusive services to primarily to disabled children and young people [5-25 years] working with a range of community based partnerships in Birmingham. These services run after-school, weekends and school holiday periods. They provide play and leisure opportunities.
Objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN BIRMINGHAM (AND ESPECIALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED OR WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH OR OTHER ADDITIONAL NEEDS), IN PARTICULAR THROUGH PROVIDING INCLUSIVE PLAY, YOUTH AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES; SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES, RELATIONSHIPS AND EXPERIENCE THAT THEY MAY GROW AS INDIVIDUALS, FLOURISH AND COME TO FULFIL THEIR POTENTIAL AS FULL AND ACTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts
The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £41,666, which the trustees consider below their policy target of six months' anticipated expenditure. Despite this, the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, and the independent examiner found no matters requiring attention. The charity's financial position is supported by significant restricted grant income, primarily from the National Lottery Reaching Communities grant.
Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months anticipated expenditure (held: £42k)
“The trustees have agreed that funds should not be allowed to fall below the level of six months anticipated expenditure, deemed necessary to cover running costs in the event of a major variation in circumstances.” — page 5
Per its FY2026 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.
- Complaints handling
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting 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
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Seven Up Charity (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- National Lottery Community Fund — “thanks the National Lottery Community Fund we have been able to install a ‘garden room’” (source page)
- AAASS — “Successful AAASS Grant Recipient” (source page)
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- SHABILA KHANchair
- JOAN HAYDEN
- Jennifer Thomas
- LOUISE DACRE
- MAUREEN RAHMAN
- Nazia Allen
- TRACEY VARNAM
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SEVEN UP CHARITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £41,666, which the trustees consider below their policy target of six months' anticipated expenditure. Despite this, the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, and the independent examiner found no matters requiring attention. The charity's financial position is supported by significant restricted grant income, primarily from the National Lottery Reaching Communities grant. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SEVEN UP CHARITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SEVEN UP CHARITY as a grant recipient include BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL, THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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