To date,  we have not received a penny in funding from any external sources. We’ve never recieved government funding, nor have we received any funds or support in anyway from external bodies like the National Lottery, Sport England or UK Sport.

We are entirely self-sufficient, funding our operations exclusively from our own generated revenue. We do this through membership subscriptions and merchandise sales. All of our advice and guidance is offered to members of the public, police, councils, LADOs and clubs free of charge and without any remuneration.

We also run a series of social enterprises – from Coffee Roasting to Hotdesking – to help support the BMABA with a diversified income stream. This is following on from the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic during which we applied for emergency funding from Sport England to help the association and it’s attached Foundation to ensure we could continue promoting grass roots martial arts, upholding our safeguarding standards and ensuring access to training for vulnerable students. Unfortunately Sport England declined to provide any support and continues not to engage with us for any funding or grants. 

To this effect, we remain a private owned company that is setup to run as a Social Enterprise, registered with Social Enterprise UK and focused on re-investing all profits back into BMABA. Nobody within BMABA draws more than £100,000 in salary, nor draws any dividends. We have no investors or shareholders.