Registered charity · London
The Black Swimming Association (the BSA)
- 6 trustees
- Income £544k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.theBSA.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Black Swimming Association (the BSA)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£544k£514k
- 2024£598k£527k
- 2023£506k£461k
Earlier years
- 2022£462k£427k
- 2021£91k£71k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN AQUATICS AMONGST BAME COMMUNITIES (BLACK, ASIAN AND MINORITY ETHNICS), BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(A) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AROUND WATER SAFETY AND HIGHLIGHTING THE VALUE OF SWIMMING AS AN ESSENTIAL LIFE SAVING SKILL; AND(B) SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAKE AQUATICS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR BAME COMMUNITIES.
Grants received
2 grants · £651,349 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- London Marathon Foundation · £651,349 (2 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Alice Dearing since 2020
- Charles Ashie since 2026
- David James Wightman since 2025
- Ese Tarimo since 2026
- Megha Kashyap since 2026
- William Michael Barkway since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Alice Dearing since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Alice Dearing since 2020
- Charles Ashie since 2026
- David James Wightman since 2025
- Ese Tarimo since 2026
- Megha Kashyap since 2026
- William Michael Barkway since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1193374
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 AUG 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 JAN 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 12832788 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07900000000 · contactus@theBSA.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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