Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

MILTON KEYNES SPECIAL NEEDS ADVANCEMENT PROJECT 

Education/Training for People with a disability/Special needs
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 32 years

www.mksnap.org

info@mksnap.org

01908690330

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£901£700£201£46£1,518£1,39123.924100
31/03/22*£493£585£-92n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21*£903£740£163£67£1,410£1,31921.4230
31/03/20£802£700£102£73£1,247£1,16319.92450
31/03/19£711£615£96£39£1,145£1,01119.72222
31/03/18*£724£568£155£45£1,049£89418.9220
31/03/17*£689£629£60£48£893£68813.1220
31/03/16*£849£691£158£39£833£5579.7230
31/03/15*£652£595£57£49£675£63312.8180
31/03/14*£607£507£101£41£618£54913160
31/03/13*£511£478£33£54£517£43911160
31/03/12£527£483£44£70£484£3318.2130
31/03/11£436£695£-259£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£500£446£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£515£469£46£43£738£3308.490
31/03/08£611£334£277£79£693£28710.380
05/04/07£373£241£132£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06*£268£229£40£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£327£236£91£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04*£246£222£23£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 38%
Liabilities/Income: 102%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 23.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 9.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 24 employees
  • 100 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£122,916
DCMS£100,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£85,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Wolfson Foundation£28,000
Rank Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MK SNAP (Special Needs Advancement Project)
£1,993 21/10/2023
MK SNAP aim to establish a gardening, physical activity, and healthy eating project to support people with learning disabilities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to MK SNAP (Special Needs Advancement Project)
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - SNAP Enterprise
£112,916 31/08/2022
This funding will support the re-opening of the group's community café and re-launch of SNAP Enterprises. This will give learners (adults with learning disabilities) opportunities to gain the skills ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to MK SNAP (Special Needs Advancement Project)
£50,000 29/07/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of MK SNAP (Special Needs Advancement Project)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000 18/12/2020
COVID Recovery and Reset
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 19/08/2020
"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 ....more
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund MK SNAP 2020
£10,000 19/06/2020
To cover lost income
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to MK SNAP (Special Needs Advancement Project)
£33,000 21/05/2020
12
One year core funding to support MK SNAP (Special Needs Advancement Project) to sustain their work to support work addressing Learning Disabilities Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to MK Snap
£28,000 05/12/2019
Installation of Changing Places bathroom for individuals with learning and physical difficulties
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 08/05/2019
Snap up Success
National Lottery Community Fund - The Happiness Connection
£10,000 02/05/2019
12
The organisation will run peer support social activities and clubs for people with learning disabilities who are vulnerable to abuse and crime. The project aims to reduce social isolation by ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to MK Snap
£6,042 19/11/2018
We want to run 75 life-skill sessions helping vulnerable adults with learning disabilities to become more independent.
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP3 - Don't Just Do It - Snap To It!
£50,000 04/06/2018
12
The group will support people with disabilities to take part in sport and wellbeing activities. This includes football, horse riding, sailing, tennis, bowling, dance and yoga, as well as gardening ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Milton Keynes Special Needs Advancement Project (MK Snap)
£3,225 29/11/2017
Help create a wildlife habitat and engage adults with learning difficulties and disabilities in learning how to protect it.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 24/07/2017
Snap Enterprise - Café & Catering Team
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP1 - Education and Learning Garden
£49,452 29/03/2016
12
They will develop their outdoor education and learning garden for adults with physical and learning disabilities, by building a new poly-tunnel, greenhouse and pathways. This will make it more ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Milton Keynes Special Needs Advancement Project
£11,372 11/11/2015
12
the costs of a consultant, focus groups sessions, interviews with stakeholders and extra staff hours for support
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Milton Keynes Special Needs Advancement Project
£30,000 28/03/2013
MK SNAP provides personal, life and social skills courses and activities for adults with special needs. The Education and Quality Coordinator ensures the quality of the services and the provision of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Induction Facility for individuals with Autism
£10,000 25/04/2012
12
This Milton Keynes organisation will convert their previously designated woodwork area into a day centre training area for clients with Autism. The area will allow clients to take part in activities ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/07/1992, number: 1013148
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/10/1990, number: 02544583
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
  • Investing charity funds 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: 1 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 6 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 127 days late,
Main office

S N A P
20 Bourton Low
Walnut Tree
MILTON KEYNES
MK7 7DE

Objectives

A) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY , IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING FACILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR LIVING AND TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY ; AND B) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE , TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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