SOUTHWARK DISABLEMENT ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 801594 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SDA
SDA provides information, welfare benefits advice, deaf communication, volunteers befriending, personal & group development, access to sports, domiciliary home care, palliative domiciliary care and supports various user activity and learning groups.
Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £66,235 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £121,664. The trustees report that while free reserves are below their stated policy target of 3-6 months of expenditure, the level of funds is sufficient to maintain cash flow and continue operations. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income)
“92% of SDA’s income is from providing Domiciliary Home Care services to Disabled Adults in Southwark.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £122k; policy: three to six months of annual expenditure)
“The Management committee recognises that the balance of the unrestricted funds does not reach the target level of free reserves but is sufficient to maintain cash flow”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Stephen Michael Associates. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- David Stock — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Janet Jackson — Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- ARMORER, Adrienne — director, appointed 17/11/2022on trustee list
- COKER, Samba — director, appointed 26/02/2015on trustee list
- DUKE, Marc Ford — director, appointed 18/07/2001not on trustee list
- STOCK, David Kristen — secretary, appointed 09/11/1993
Official officers record.
CQC provider record: Southwark Disablement Association — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 07/02/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.0 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 (94% 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).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- SDA Domiciliary Care Services: Good (15/03/2018) · CQC record
- JANET VENNETTA JACKSONchair
- ADELE CARDEN
- Adrienne Armorer
- Charles Oscar
- Dolly Mace
- MARK DUKE
- Samba Coker · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Southwark
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SOUTHWARK DISABLEMENT ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £66,235 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £121,664. The trustees report that while free reserves are below their stated policy target of 3-6 months of expenditure, the level of funds is sufficient to maintain cash flow and continue operations. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Stephen Michael Associates.
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