Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

PARENTING SPECIAL CHILDREN

A Berkshire organisation which supports families, including working directly with children/young people with special needs, disabilities and/or early life trauma, and training professionals working with them. Holistic specialist services: helpline/triage service, workshops/courses, trauma/attachment, sleep, 1:1 work, support groups, transition into adulthood and neurodiverse children's groups.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely female?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
30/11/23£273£251£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/22£292£275£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/21£247£278£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/20£329£264£65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/19£265£217£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/18£194£179£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/17£159£161£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/16£116£114£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/15£93£89£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/14£65£50£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/13£46£45£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/12£38£28£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/11*£25£24£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.parentingspecialchildren.co.uk

admin@parentingspecialchildren.co.uk

01189863532

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund£255,993
Postcode Society Trust£50,000
BBC Children in Need£44,009
DCMS£26,623
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£19,700
Masonic Trust£15,000
CAF£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Society Trust - Millionaire Street 2023 11w5
£50,000 01/12/2023
Funding was used to support a greater number of vulnerable families, and expand their much needed services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting complex families
£247,443 06/07/2023
Funding will be used to offer specialist trauma and attachment services to families of children and young people with additional needs in Berkshire. This includes a triage service one-to-one support workshops and parenting courses training for ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Parenting Special Children
£41,209 28/06/2023
36
This project will deliver the Let's Get Creative programme of support to families with care-experienced children and young people. Children and young people will benefit from improved emotional wellbeing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Parenting Special Children
£3,380 22/10/2022
We wish to raise funds to create an environment for parents of children with SEND to come together via our community support groups and family fun days, reducing social isolation. 'You are not alone'.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 16/03/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Auticulate
£2,641 24/10/2020
I want to help young people feel a sense of belonging and be able to positively contribute to their community.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£23,823 05/08/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Parenting Special Children
£19,700 25/06/2020
12
Personal Livery Giving Award 2020 (unrestricted)
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Parenting Special Children
£2,800 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund 8 x online groups and 3 x practitioners to support autistic children and young people who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help them improve their emotional wellbeing and social skills.
CAF - Grant to Parenting Special Children
£10,000 28/05/2020
3
Grant to Parenting Special Children to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting families experiencing child to parent aggression during COVID-19
£8,550 22/05/2020
10
The project will use funding to deliver a series of workshops based on understanding and support behaviours during the coronavirus lockdown for families who have children living with special needs. The project aims to improve family relationships.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,800 20/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 27/12/2019
Trauma and Attachment Service
National Lottery Community Fund - Childhood Trauma and Attachment Service
£189,789 20/09/2019
23
Childhood Trauma and Attachment Service
People's Health Trust - Stronger Together - SN community support groups
£41,730 11/10/2018
This two-year project supported parents/carers of children with special needs and their families who live in Berkshire. Parenting Special Children ran five peer support groups, each covering a different area of Berkshire, so the same people met ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Parenting Special Children
£26,367 13/11/2017
36
This project will provide family activities for disabled children and young people who are not able to access mainstream opportunities. Children and young people will feel less isolated, improve their family relationships and develop new life ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Anxiety workshops and courses
£9,720 22/02/2017
12
This organisation will use the funding to set up a project for children and young people with Autism and their parents or carers. This will provide support for people living with emotional issues such as anxiety, due to Autism.
National Lottery Community Fund - Parenting Special Children Plus (PSC+)
£128,530 04/05/2016
36
The group will expand its current work providing specialist services to parents and carers of disabled children and young people. Families of looked after or adoptive families, who the group has identified as needing extra support, will be offered ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-62
  • ELENA KING (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Specialist Paediatric Occ Thep
  • FIONA JOY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Health Visitor And Community Practice Teacher
  • NABILA AHMED Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Sen Hlta
  • SAMANTHA COOMBES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Accountant
  • SARAH CROXFORD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2011, number: 1141172
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/08/2010, number: 07351094
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
13 returns made; AR11: 25 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from BREAKTHROUGH LEARNING on 18/01/2023
  • Asset transfer in from AUTISTIC PRIDE READING on 31/05/2023
Main office

Arcade
11 Glebe Road
READING
RG2 7AG

Objectives

1. To relieve the needs of parent/carers and families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities including early life trauma predominantly in Berkshire and throughout the UK through the provision of support, education and practical advice.2. To advance the education of parent/carers, families, professionals and the wider community on the support needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, including early life trauma. 3. To provide social and developmental opportunities for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, including early life trauma.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BERKSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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