Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 17

NORFOLK SEN NETWORK

The charity gives information and support to parents of children with all kinds of special educational needs and young people themselves who have special educational needs (16 to 25) through assessment, issuing of an EHC Plan, tribunals, mediation, exclusions and complaints.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/10/22		£25	£38	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/10/21		£30	£37	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/10/20	*	£32	£19	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/10/19		£25	£16	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/10/18		£17	£21	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	37
31/10/17		£19	£17	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16		£19	£17	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15		£19	£20	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14		£26	£24	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13		£11	£16	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12		£12	£7	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11		£4	£6	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/10		£7	£6	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09	*	£7	£9	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/08	*	£9	£10	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/07	*	£9	£6	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/06	*	£1	£10	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05	*	£17	£8	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04		£2	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

www.norfolksennetwork.org

norfolksennetwork@hotmail.co.uk

01603300178

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Norfolk,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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	£219,340
Co-Operative Group	£2,552
Masonic Trust	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Norfolk Special Educational Needs (SEN) Network
£1,224	21/10/2023	Our helpline runs 9am to noon Monday to Friday, but many calls come in after this time. We want to extend our hours to 2pm, to cover most of the school day and to help working parents get it touch.
National Lottery Community Fund - Norfolk SEN development plan
£219,340	11/05/2023	Funding will be used to expand a county-wide education and advice service supporting parents/carers of children and young people with special educational needs.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,500	29/11/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Norfolk SEN Network
£1,328	23/10/2021	We empower parents and young people to obtain a specialist educational placement by training them in education law.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

DANGUOLE CATCHPOLE Appointed: 2023

CHRISTOPHER JAY Appointed: 2007

DAWN ALEXANDER Appointed: 2023

JULIE PLAYFORD Appointed: 2022

LUCY POLLARD Appointed: 2023

PATRICIA BRICKLEY Appointed: 1987

TARA DURRANT Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/02/1995, number: 1044353

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR20: 10 days late, AR09: 21 days late, AR08: 86 days late, AR07: 34 days late, AR06: 96 days late, AR05: 7 days late,

Main office

2A EASTERN CRESCENT
NORWICH
NR7 0UE

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (UP TO THE AGE OF 25) WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO EDUCATE THE PARENTS OF SUCH CHILDREN ABOUT ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN AND INFORMING YOUNG PEOPLE THEMSELVES OF THEIR RIGHTS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF SUCH PARENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED- IN PRACTICE NORFOLK

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