Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 3

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

ACTIVITY CLUB FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (BERKSHIRE)

We provide a Holiday Club environment during Easter and Summer school holidays for children with additional needs and disabilities between the ages of 3 and 19.We also provide an After School Club at Addington School, Woodley, Monday through Friday during Term Time.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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

Established: 20 years

www.thumbsupclub.co.uk

finance@thumbsupclub.co.uk

07974693736

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/12/23		£128	£140	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/22		£137	£131	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/21		£137	£131	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/12/20		£157	£106	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/12/19		£138	£130	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/18		£94	£108	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17		£94	£105	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£108	£95	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£80	£80	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£78	£67	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£73	£84	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£64	£65	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	*	£73	£62	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£39	£35	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	*	£37	£30	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	*	£21	£32	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£50	£34	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	*	£48	£43	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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	£17,500
DCMS	£13,550
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£3,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Activity Club For Children with Special Needs - Thumbs Up Club - 17/11/22
£2,000	20/12/2022	Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	22/04/2022	Activity Club for Children with Special Needs
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Activity Club for Children with Special Needs - Thumbs Up Club - 22/10/21
£1,500	10/11/2021	Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	18/12/2020	Respite holiday club and afterschool club for children with special needs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,550	07/09/2020	"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."
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	26/06/2020	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.
National Lottery Community Fund - One to One Respite
£10,000	23/10/2019 12	One to One Respite
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Activity Club for Children with Special Needs (Berkshire)
£6,000	04/02/2019	storage equipment for a charity working with children with disabilities in Berkshire
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£10,000	26/04/2017	Shortfall Fund

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

FIONA MELIAN HULLEY Appointed: 2023

IAN PERKINS Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: THAMES VALLEY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION, THAMES VALLEY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND CIO,

JACQUELINE MACKENZIE Appointed: 2019

KIRSTY LAUREN SIDOROWICZ Appointed: 2023

PETER MOODY Appointed: 2023

REAMA SHEARMAN Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/05/2004, number: 1104007

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR11: 1 days late, AR09: 7 days late, AR08: 9 days late, AR06: 12 days late,

Main office

Addington School
Woodlands Avenue
Woodley
READING
RG5 3EU

Objectives

(I) TO PROVIDED THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR SIBLINGS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS; AND (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BERKSHIRE.

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