SANDWELL YOUTH IN ACTION

Registered charity 1182971 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SYIA

Sandwell Youth in Action (SYIA) is a local organisation of young people who work to support disadvantaged young people from the most deprived wards of Sandwell and neighbourhoods of Birmingham. The organisation aims to give these young people equal opportunities in life regardless of personal circumstances.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF BME YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BME YOUNG PEOPLE, LIVING IN SANDWELL AND THE WEST MIDLANDS THROUGH:A)THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B)PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £61,600 with total expenditure of £60,516, resulting in a net income of £1,084. The charity holds total unrestricted and restricted funds of £37,967, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £3,000.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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
• 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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Edge Fund — “Our donors – both big and small are: 1. Edge Fund” (source page)
• The Rowlands Trust — “2. The Rowlands Trust” (source page)
• The Wakeham Trust — “3. The Wakeham Trust” (source page)
• The William A. Cadbury Charitable Trust — “4. The William A. Cadbury Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Local Giving Foundation — “5. Local Giving Foundation” (source page)
• The Geoff Hill Charitable Trust — “6. The Geoff Hill Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Grimmit Trust — “7. The Grimmit Trust” (source page)
• The J A Gillett Charitable Trust — “9. The J A Gillett Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Lillie Johnson Charitable Trust — “10. Lillie Johnson Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust — “11. The Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “12. The National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• The Cole Charitable Trust — “13. The Cole Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Woodward Charitable Trust — “14. The Woodward Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Baron Davenport's Charity — “15. The Baron Davenport's Charity” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Zino Kashindichair · trustee of 1 other charity
• SAMBA KATANDA SK
• Walingamina Shomari WS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FITZROVIA YOUTH IN ACTION.

• FITZROVIA YOUTH IN ACTION income £1.2m
• SOUTHWATER YOUTH PROJECT income £96k
• YOUTH ACTION income £531k
• SANDWELL YOUNG CARERS income £255k
• SOUTHWICK NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH PROJECT income £467k
• DRIFFIELD YOUTH ACTION income £106k

Side by side with its peers

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