Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 12

TRACKS AUTISM

Tracks autism is a specialist early years provision for pre-school children aged 2-5 with an autistic condition offering early intervention for children with autism in Hertfordshire, working in close cooperation carers and concerned professionals. Offering pre-school education and support for families and care givers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

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		£221	£196	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22		£154	£167	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21		£192	£150	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20		£231	£208	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/19		£177	£187	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/18		£220	£187	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£166	£172	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£154	£159	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£365	£124	£241	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£318	£113	£205	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£147	£129	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£117	£109	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£88	£77	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£46	£44	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£68	£49	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£31	£47	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£38	£24	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/06		£25	£24	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 19 years

http://www.tracks-autism.org.uk/

info@tracks-autism.org.uk

03001231913

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Early years interventions

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
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

BBC Children in Need	£90,000
DCMS	£25,062
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,400
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
Masonic Trust	£15,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£9,800
Hertfordshire Community Foundation	£8,625

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Therapy support for autistic children
£10,000	10/06/2022	The funding will be used to help pay towards the ongoing specialist teachers and therapists to support the project to provide specialist early education so young people with autism can develop the ....more The funding will be used to help pay towards the ongoing specialist teachers and therapists to support the project to provide specialist early education so young people with autism can develop the skills they need to access learning and social opportunities at a young age.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Window replacement and ventilation installation
£3,625	11/03/2022	Grant to TRACKS Autism
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to TRACKS Autism
£9,800	03/11/2021	replacement of windows for a charity supporting people with disabilities in Stevenage
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	26/02/2021	Autism Early Intervention and Support
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Tracks (autism)
£90,000	15/12/2020	This project will deliver a specialist early years programme to children with Autism in Stevenage. The activities will result in improved communication skills, social interaction and reduced anxiety. ....more This project will deliver a specialist early years programme to children with Autism in Stevenage. The activities will result in improved communication skills, social interaction and reduced anxiety. This request is for £90,000 over 3 years.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000	14/10/2020	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£25,062	15/09/2020	"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."
National Lottery Community Fund - AAC Project
£9,400	23/01/2020 12	The funding will be used to deliver training on alternative communication to staff members. The project aims to improve the ability of staff members to communicate with children living with autism.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Music Therapy Project
£5,000	05/12/2019	Grant to TRACKS Autism
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to TRACKS autism
£5,000	09/05/2018 23	Tiny Steps (Rising two year olds)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	14/09/2017	Stepping Stones
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Communication Strategy
£9,400	26/07/2017 12	The funding will be used by a charity to redesign and upgrade their current website. The project aims to increase awareness of the support available to preschool children with autism. The website ....more The funding will be used by a charity to redesign and upgrade their current website. The project aims to increase awareness of the support available to preschool children with autism. The website will improve communication between parents, staff and external professionals .
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Tracks Autism
£29,800	21/01/2013	The charity provides early years education for children with autism who struggle to integrate into mainstream nurseries. Through support they develop social and communications skills and learn how ....more The charity provides early years education for children with autism who struggle to integrate into mainstream nurseries. Through support they develop social and communications skills and learn how to play and their parents can access support also.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-78

ALEXA ALLEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Office Manager

HOWARD BRYANT (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Management Accountant

MEGAN STACHINI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Director

SHARON PEACH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Counsellor

REV RALPH MICHAEL SHAW, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/12/2004, number: 1107257
Registered at Companies House on 17/06/2004, number: 05156359

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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
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; AR07: 50 days late,

Main office

Tracks House
Boulton Road
STEVENAGE
Hertfordshire
SG1 4QX

Objectives

THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF PRE-SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN RESIDING IN HERTFORDSHIRE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM OR COMPLEX COMMUNICATION DISORDERS BY THE PROVISION OF PLAY FACILITIES AND NURSERY EDUCATION AND TO OFFER SUPPORT TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HERTFORDSHIRE.

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