Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

AMAZE

Amaze is an independent voluntary organisation that offers information, advice and support to parents and carers of children and young people with special needs
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,409£1,346£63£101£746£7276.54780
31/03/22*£1,221£1,110£110£60£683£6837.44690
31/03/21£1,211£1,153£57£70£573£57264740
31/03/20£1,124£1,151£-27£80£515£5095.345100
31/03/19£1,000£1,025£-26£71£542£4905.742100
31/03/18£1,105£996£109£64£568£5096.1410
31/03/17£892£846£46£55£459£4356.2370
31/03/16£797£810£-12£54£412£3825.7190
31/03/15£777£658£119£50£425£4037.3130
31/03/14£490£430£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£483£410£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£475£429£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£401£389£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£429£418£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£341£337£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£333£326£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£254£265£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£250£234£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£222£196£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£170£157£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 40%
Liabilities/Income: 35%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 6.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 25 years

www.amazesussex.org.uk

info@amazesussex.org.uk

01273234020

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
The Blagrave Trust£122,000
Sussex Community Foundation£22,069
DCMS£21,502
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Blagrave Trust - Regional Partnership Grants
£62,000 30/07/2023
Amazing Futures
The Blagrave Trust - Amazing Futures
£60,000 25/08/2022
Employment preparation for young people with learning disabilities
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to AMAZE
£9,994 21/07/2022
Funding was provided towards a programme of health and wellbeing peer support groups and activities for young people with SEND aged 14-25 living in B&H.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Amaze
£180,000 26/05/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'DLA/PIP Project', providing support for families with disabled children to claim their disability benefits in Brighton and Hove and East Sussex.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Amaze - 16/03/22
£2,500 07/04/2022
Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£10,000 11/03/2022
36
DLA/PIP Project
Sussex Community Foundation - Trusts Fundraising Manager
£9,575 25/02/2022
Funding was provided to deliver a programme of peer support groups for young people with special educational needs and disabilities in response to the pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£10,000 19/03/2021
36
DLA/PIP Project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Amaze Face 2 Face peer support groups
£5,380 24/10/2020
We would like to run two support groups, one for dads of children with SEND, and the other for children with autism aged eight and under.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£21,502 17/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to AMAZE
£2,500 14/04/2020
Amaze provides information, advice and support to families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Their services ensure young people and parent carers ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to AMAZE
£5,000 15/03/2019
11
Funding was provided for a befirending project call Face to Face (F2F).
Masonic Trust - DLA Project
£30,000 21/02/2018
Advice and information regarding accessing the DLA (Disability Living Allowance) for disadvantaged families of children with disabilities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Amaze
£147,000 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the 'DLA Project' supporting families in Brighton and Hove with disabled children through changes affecting their Disability Living Allowance and related ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to AMAZE
£5,000 17/11/2017
11
Amaze provides information, advice and support to families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Funding was provided towards their Face 2 Face ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 18/09/2017
36
DLA Project
Sussex Community Foundation - Summer Outing for East Brighton parent carers and their families.
£500 17/07/2017
Amaze provides information, advice and support to families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The Sunflower Group is part of the AMAZE organisation ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Futures Project
£198,734 05/04/2017
36
This project aims to improve the confidence and life skills of young people with special educational needs and disabilities aged 14-25 who are going through the transition into adulthood. The project ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Amaze
£102,000 11/09/2014
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the 'Amaze DLA' project, which supports families in Brighton and Hove with disabled children through changes in the legislation affecting their Disability ....more
Sport England - Support for Sport: Compass Card Activities for Teens
£78,761 05/02/2013
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Support for Sport: Compass Card Activities for Teens'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-60
  • ALISON MICHELLE PLANT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
  • DEBORAH JOY NORRIS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • DR DIANA CHARLOTTE BOYD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Sen Family Adviser At Nhs England
  • ELIPH HADERT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: N/A
  • FUNGAI MURAU Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Event Manager
  • MOHAMMAD HAMDHAIDARI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Managing Director
  • SIOBHAN ANNE COX Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Solicitor
  • SALLY BENSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Programme Manager
  • SHELLEY LOUISE BENNETT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Pr Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/11/1999, number: 1078094
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/08/1999, number: 03818021
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 3 days late, AR04: 102 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from EXTRATIME on 12/09/2024
Main office

AMAZE
COMMUNITY BASE
113 QUEENS ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN1 3XG

Objectives

TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF, AND RELIEVE POVERTY FOR, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO THEM AND THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRIGHTON & HOVE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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