Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 12

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
Future income +5
No PartB

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

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 20

FOOTPRINTS CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION CENTRE LTD

Provision of supervised learning and play for severely disabled, young children and their parents

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple 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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 22 years

www.footprintscec.org

enquiries@footprintscec.org

01159586641

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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	*	£204	£292	£-88	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/22		£338	£289	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/21		£338	£289	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£395	£264	£131	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/19		£198	£181	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/18		£230	£188	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£257	£192	£65	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£177	£190	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£177	£195	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£195	£229	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£230	£198	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12?		£340	£249	£91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£152	£186	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£134	£190	£-56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	*	£139	£150	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07?	*	£165	£175	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£156	£109	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£69	£74	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Derbyshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
80 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

BBC Children in Need	£89,037
DCMS	£67,633
National Lottery Community Fund	£63,261
Masonic Trust	£14,322
Co-Operative Group	£5,954
Samworth Foundation	£4,244

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Footprints Conductive Education Centre Ltd
£89,037	06/10/2023	This grant will provide conductive support to children and young people with a wide range of disabilities. The outcomes will motivate the young people into achieving goals they would not normally ....more This grant will provide conductive support to children and young people with a wide range of disabilities. The outcomes will motivate the young people into achieving goals they would not normally expect to achieve and improving self confidence.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£14,322	02/08/2023	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Transition To School Reports
£3,261	16/09/2022	The funding will be used to deliver a school transition programme for children living with special educational needs. The project aims to enable children and their families to access key support ....more The funding will be used to deliver a school transition programme for children living with special educational needs. The project aims to enable children and their families to access key support reduce isolation improve confidence and equip schools to best support them.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Footprints CEC
£2,989	24/10/2020	We will give conductive education sessions to children, aged six 6 months to 12 years, with mobility and communication difficulties.
Samworth Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Grant
£4,244	29/07/2020 12	To support the reopening of the centre safely within Covid guidelines
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,000	19/06/2020	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 ....more 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 on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£63,633	18/06/2020	"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."
Co-Operative Group - Grant to FOOTPRINTS CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION CENTRE LTD
£2,965	15/11/2019	We want to provide pre-school reading and writing sessions to improve literacy skills for children with disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - AAC Project
£10,000	27/06/2019 12	The funding will be used to provide Augmentative and Alternative Communication sessions for children living with disabilities. The project aims to support children's early development and enable them ....more The funding will be used to provide Augmentative and Alternative Communication sessions for children living with disabilities. The project aims to support children's early development and enable them to interact.
National Lottery Community Fund - Footprints ? Empowering families with Disabled Children
£50,000	23/04/2019 12	TPP4 - #thesekidsCAN
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Parents, Enabling Disabled children
£10,000	14/02/2018 12	A programme of literacy sessions will be delivered to support children with disabilities and their parents. This will build levels of resilience and improve chances in life.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Footprints Conductive Education Centre Ltd
£95,331	14/06/2017 36	This project offers Conductive Education to families and children with disabilities. Through a range of activities and a gym club it will improve children’s mobility and communication skills and ....more This project offers Conductive Education to families and children with disabilities. Through a range of activities and a gym club it will improve children’s mobility and communication skills and provide fun and enjoyment.
Samworth Foundation - Education & Vocational Training
£120,000	11/03/2011	To work with and support parents in Nottingham with their children who have motor learning difficulties.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-78

CAROLE LUCKWELL Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: EATON VILLAGE HALL, THE FRIENDS OF ST DENYS, EATON,

HELENA BEE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

NICHOLAS JEPSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Property Consultant

RICHARD BARRY ANDREWS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Executive Coach

ROBERT EVANS (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Sales Director

RYAN CLARKSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Financial Planning

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/07/2002, number: 1093006
Registered at Companies House on 26/03/2001, number: 04186674

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
Investment
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

18 returns made; AR23: 57 days late, AR08: 2 days late, AR07: 54 days late,

Main office

C/O IONA SCHOOL
310 SNEINTON DALE
NOTTINGHAM
NG37DN

Objectives

TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF DISABLED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL, WELFARE AND HEALTH SERVICES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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