Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

LITTLE HICCUPS

A Leeds based support group that allows the parents and families of a child with a disability the opportunity to meet people in similar situations, to make friends and support each other.Little Hiccups supports with:- Stay n Play sessions,- a monthly Family Fun Day,- Outreach,- Counselling,-Accessible Sports- Hire of All Terrain Buggies- Signposting and sharing of information

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
31/07/23	*	£129	£84	£46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/22		£53	£45	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/21		£21	£19	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/20		£40	£32	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/19	*	£86	£32	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/18		£59	£72	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/17		£103	£29	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

https://www.littlehiccups.co.uk

info@littlehiccups.co.uk

07831230741

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Barnsley, Bradford City, City Of Wakefield, Leeds City, Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
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

National Lottery Community Fund	£9,300
Sir George Martin Trust	£1,500
BBC Children in Need	£500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Little Hiccups
£1,500	09/11/2023	Capital costs for Youth Welfare & Education
National Lottery Community Fund - Hydrotherapy Sessions
£9,300	26/05/2023	The funding will be used to continue our Hydrotherapy service for families and children who have a disability. The project aims to make hydrotherapy accessible for those most in need and to help the child’s needs; their range of movement or ....more The funding will be used to continue our Hydrotherapy service for families and children who have a disability. The project aims to make hydrotherapy accessible for those most in need and to help the child’s needs; their range of movement or strength.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Little Hiccups
£500	20/10/2022 0	‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Little Hiccups
£29,730	08/05/2018 36	This project supports children who are disabled. It provides the opportunity to swim in a hydrotherapy pool. This improves their health, social skills, and improves their emotional wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Little Fishes
£9,900	14/02/2018 12	The group will run a swimming project for children who have severe and multiple disabilities, to allow them to have the opportunity to enjoy swimming to help increase confidence and aid movement whilst enjoying interacting with other people. The ....more The group will run a swimming project for children who have severe and multiple disabilities, to allow them to have the opportunity to enjoy swimming to help increase confidence and aid movement whilst enjoying interacting with other people. The project will also provide the parents with the opportunity to socialise with others from the local community who are in the same situation to offer support to each other.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-53

BELINDA WILLIAMSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Foster Carer

HEATHER MARY WATSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Teacher

JAMES JOLYON LESLIE THOMPSON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Solicitor

LINSAY MARIA MEDICA Appointed: 2014, Occupation: None

NOEL DAVIES-ATACK Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Project Manager

SARAH JANE STEWART (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Nurse

TRACY REECE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Carer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/11/2016, number: 1170147
Registered at Companies House on 17/07/2015, number: 09692276

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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

7 returns made; AR23: 60 days late, AR19: 369 days late,

Main office

The Barrowbys
170 Barrowby Lane
Garforth
Leeds
LS25 1NG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) RELIEVING THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A PARENT-LED SUPPORT GROUP.

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