JABADAO

Registered charity 701537 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JABADAO NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MOVEMENT LEARNING AND HEALTH

JABADAO works in partnership with education, health and social care sectors to create opportunities for young children and their adults to get involved in playful physical activities that promote learning, health and wellbeing.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE THOSE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES AND THE AGED AND TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN (SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED) AND, IN PARTICULAR, BY THE USE OF THERAPEUTIC DANCE2) TO ADVANCE THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND, IN PARTICULAR IN THE ART OF DANCE, AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN THERAPEUTIC DANCE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£135k
Latest spending
£102k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £33,319, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £125,938. The trustees report that the charity is entirely self-funded through earned income from training and resources, with no grants received. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future and note that administration is performed voluntarily with no salaried staff.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least £15,000 (held: £126k)
“The Trustees aim to retain an unrestricted reserve of at least £15,000.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 11
“In prior periods, the CEO has incurred costs on behalf of the Charity. As at 31 March 2025 £11,064 (2024: £11,064) is owed to the CEO.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£135k£102k
31/03/2024£71k£94k
31/03/2023£114k£99k
31/03/2022£102k£79k
31/03/2021£142k£78k

Common questions

Is JABADAO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £33,319, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £125,938. The trustees report that the charity is entirely self-funded through earned income from training and resources, with no grants received. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future and note that administration is performed voluntarily with no salaried staff. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2006£10kMoving Into Wellness

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 SHELFORD AND STAPLEFORD YOUTH INITIATIVE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JABADAO£135k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SHELFORD AND STAPLEFORD YOUTH INITIATIVE FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt
LIBERTY JAMBOREE FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
SAO FOUNDATION FY2025£812k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BETH JACOB FOUNDATION FY2025£393k—0unclear—noted
THE JD FOUNDATION FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt

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