The Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy

Registered charity 1193377 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SAPPHIRE COMMUNITY GROUP, THE SAPPHIRE FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE UK SAPPHIRE FOUNDATION

Sapphire is dedicated to empowering, equipping, inspiring, and educating individuals from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds. We focus on employability, housing, wellbeing, and enrichment, aiming to bring about lasting positive change in communities in the UK.We are Empowering, Equipping, Inspiring, Training, Mentoring, Motivating and Educating all ethnic minorities to greatness"

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the company reported a net profit of £20,918 and retained profit of £16,944 for the year ended 30th April 2025. Per the balance sheet, the company holds £41,874 in cash and has total liabilities of £12,245, resulting in a net asset position of £65,181. The directors are confident in the company's potential in the foreseeable future.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£65k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£1.4m£1.4m
30/04/2024£1.2m£1.1m
30/04/2023£0£0
30/06/2022£0£0

Common questions

Is The Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the company reported a net profit of £20,918 and retained profit of £16,944 for the year ended 30th April 2025. Per the balance sheet, the company holds £41,874 in cash and has total liabilities of £12,245, resulting in a net asset position of £65,181. The directors are confident in the company's potential in the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds The Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy as a grant recipient include CAMDEN GIVING, THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CAMDEN GIVINGFY2022£30kEquality Fund
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
CAMDEN GIVINGFY2022£1kWe Make Camden Kit

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
London Borough of Hackney12/05/2022£6kGrant to The Sapphire Foundation
Hackney Council12/05/2022£6kGrant to The Sapphire Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2021£10kIncreasing our capacity to help young people into employment
Camden Giving06/10/2021£1kUK Sapphire Foundation
Camden Giving28/04/2021£30kTHE UK SAPPHIRE FOUNDATION (TRADING AS THE SAPPHIRE COMMUNITY GROUP)
Sport England30/06/2020£500COVID-19 CEF

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Azure Charitable Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
The Azure Charitable Foundation FY2026£12.1m——above—no doubt
SAPPHIRE SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS LTD FY2025£849k—0above—no doubt
SAFAR ACADEMY TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
JADE MUTUA FOUNDATION TRUST FY2025£207k—0unclear—no doubt
THE UK CAREER ACADEMY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt

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