Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 10

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 19

SEASHELL TRUST

The charity provides high quality specialist care and education, including physical training, to children and young adults with one or more form of complex communication and learning difficulties which means that they require special provision. Royal Schools for the Deaf, Manchester (charity no 526091) gifted certain assets and its operating activities to Seashell Trust on 1 September 2008.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/08/22	£20,283	£19,431	£852	£467	£40,031	£3,158	2	549	420
31/08/21	£37,406	£18,006	£19,400	£462	£39,179	£2,522	1.7	563	25
31/08/20	£19,110	£17,064	£2,046	£410	£19,776	£2,551	1.8	575	70
31/08/19	£16,086	£17,219	£-1,133	£462	£17,752	£2,436	1.7	617	800
31/08/18	£14,636	£15,521	£-885	£392	£18,903	£4,497	3.5	568	100
31/08/17	£13,726	£13,832	£-106	£341	£19,761	£5,493	4.8	501	0
31/08/16	£12,608	£12,661	£-53	£314	£19,783	£5,739	5.4	441	0
31/08/15	£17,892	£11,250	£6,642	£337	£19,655	£7,582	8.1	329	0
31/08/14	£11,403	£9,681	£1,722	£317	£12,985	£6,537	8.1	324	0
31/08/13	£12,544	£12,208	£336	£284	£11,096	£6,703	6.6	413	0
31/08/12	£11,986	£12,032	£-46	£270	£10,409	£6,441	6.4	396	0
31/08/11	£12,160	£12,015	£145	£270	£10,290	£5,951	5.9	372	0
31/08/10	£11,381	£10,559	£822	£202	£10,113	£5,650	6.4	356	0
31/08/09	£19,582	£10,225	£9,357	£210	£9,156	£4,770	5.6	348	0
31/08/08	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/07	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/06?	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/05	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/04	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 8%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 22 years

www.seashelltrust.org.uk

info@seashelltrust.org.uk

01616100100

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Stockport,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

549 employees
420 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£500,000
Sport England	£415,118
DCMS	£381,900
Department of Health	£106,146

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Youth Music - Get Set Go Music!
£11,304	28/09/2023	Get Set Go Music!
National Lottery Community Fund - Children's Able and Disabled Sports Programme (CADS)
£9,468	04/02/2022	The funding will be used to run weekly sport physical activity wellbeing and creative skills sessions for children and young people living with disabilities. The project aims to improve their ....more The funding will be used to run weekly sport physical activity wellbeing and creative skills sessions for children and young people living with disabilities. The project aims to improve their confidence health and fitness whilst building new friendships.
Sport England - Sector Renewal Fund: Seashell Active
£47,618	20/07/2021 9	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Sector Renewal Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Sector Renewal Fund: Seashell Active. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Sector Renewal Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Sector Renewal Fund: Seashell Active. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Seashell Trust
£80,000	10/06/2021	Flexible classroom space in the new Royal School Manchester supporting children and young adults with special needs
Youth Music - Seashell Aurhythmics Project
£29,914	12/03/2021	Seashell Aurhythmics Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£500,000	19/02/2021	ROYAL SCHOOL MANCHESTER
National Lottery Community Fund - Outreach Project to Support SEND Families
£9,925	19/02/2021 11	The funding will be used to support families with babies and children who have profound disabilities. The project aims to ease Covid 19 anxiety and isolation pressures with virtual help from ....more The funding will be used to support families with babies and children who have profound disabilities. The project aims to ease Covid 19 anxiety and isolation pressures with virtual help from therapists and peer support from other families.
Sport England - Places to Ride
£367,500	01/02/2021 2	Funding under Sport England's Places to Ride Facilities Programme funding programme for a Capital project titled Places to Ride. This project lists its main activity as Cycling
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Places to Ride
£367,500	01/02/2021	Funding under Sport England's Places to Ride Facilities Programme funding programme for a Capital project titled Places to Ride. This project lists its main activity as Cycling
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£14,400	04/09/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Department of Health - Seashell
£106,146	01/04/2020	Grants to undertake work on Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders.
National Lottery Community Fund - Seashell Trust Family Services Workshops
£9,900	28/06/2018 12	The funding will be used to run support workshops for the families of children and young adults with severe, profound and complex disabilities. The workshops will cover a variety of topics including ....more The funding will be used to run support workshops for the families of children and young adults with severe, profound and complex disabilities. The workshops will cover a variety of topics including anxiety, sleep success, mental health, supporting a teenager towards independent living and a sensory approach to managing behaviour. The project aims to improve the wellbeing of families as well as their future prospects.
National Lottery Community Fund - Seashell Trust - IT for all
£10,000	25/11/2015 12	The organisation will use the funding to purchase IT equipment that will be used by young people aged 2 -25 with profound and multiple learning and physical disabilities. This will enable the ....more The organisation will use the funding to purchase IT equipment that will be used by young people aged 2 -25 with profound and multiple learning and physical disabilities. This will enable the organisation to offer a resource that can be used after school or college and at the weekends in their new residential homes.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-69

COLIN HOGGINS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

DR KAI UUS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Professor

DR LYNN PERRY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of School Effectiveness

JOANNA MUNNELLY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

NEIL ANDREW MASOM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

RACHEL MCMILLAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo

CAROL POVEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

MARTIN HEATH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant

STEPHEN GILLINGHAM Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director Of Property And Consultancy Group

TINA WILKINS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

CHRISTOPHER LUKE SMALE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, THURSTASTON, LIVERPOOL RENAISSANCE SINGERS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/06/2002, number: 1092655
Registered at Companies House on 15/05/2001, number: 04216714

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from GENIE NETWORKS on 08/01/2021

Main office

Seashell Trust
Stanley Road
Cheadle Hulme
Cheadle
SK8 6RQ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) AND/OR WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO, THROUGH ANY ONE OR MORE FORMS OF DISABILITY, REQUIRE SPECIAL PROVISION FOR THEIR NEEDS (BENEFICIARIES), AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THOSE OBJECTS TO PROVIDE SUITABLE FACILITIES FOR ASSESSMENT, NURSERY CARE, EDUCATION, TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, RECREATION, CARE, RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT FOR BENEFICIARIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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