Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

WECAN - WE ENABLE CHILDREN EITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS 

To promote the relief of children, young people and adults with learning disabilities aged between 6 and 30 and living in Tynedale and South West Northumberland, in particular by providing short break facility by the provision of, but not exclusively, leisure activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 16 years

www.wecanenable.co.uk

info@wecanenable.co.uk

07741480188

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX

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
31/10/23£75£93£-18n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/10/22£124£105£20n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/10/21£79£91£-12n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/10/20£105£102£3n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/10/19£109£111£-2n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/10/18£101£86£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/17£81£79£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16*£77£70£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15*£80£68£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£65£56£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£67£60£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£45£45£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11*£42£50£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£54£71£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/09*£75£64£11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 2 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
Three Guineas Trust£58,513
National Lottery Community Fund£28,734
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£17,714
DCMS£9,231
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£9,149
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Wecan Saturday Club
£9,937 02/06/2023
The funding will be used to continue to fund term time Saturday social activity clubs for children with additional needs and disabilities. The project aims to provide children and their families with ....more
Three Guineas Trust - Holiday Playscheme 2023
£10,000 16/05/2023
Holiday Playscheme 2023
Three Guineas Trust - Holiday Play Scheme 2022
£15,518 19/05/2022
Holiday Play Scheme 2022
National Lottery Community Fund - Inclusive Saturday Club
£10,000 04/03/2022
The funding will be used to deliver an inclusive weekend club for children young people and adults where social activities will be provided. This aims to reduce isolation and improve health and ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Wecan
£2,000 03/03/2022
General charitable purposes
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Wecan
£2,850 03/02/2022
Weekly activity sessions for children and young people with additional needs and disabilities in West Northumberland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Wecan
£1,000 03/02/2022
The cost of DBS checks and staff expenses
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Wecan
£2,299 16/12/2021
Costs for the 2022 Easter scheme activity days for children and young people with additional needs in Hexham, Northumberland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Wecan
£1,000 04/11/2021
Costs to take disabled children and young people to a pantomime at Christmas 2021
Three Guineas Trust - Holiday Play Scheme 2021
£12,995 23/06/2021
Holiday Play Scheme 2021
Three Guineas Trust - Summer play scheme 2020
£10,000 24/06/2020
Summer play scheme 2020
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support for staff and office costs for support planning for children and young people with learning disabilities in Northumberland during the Covid-19 pandemic
£8,857 18/06/2020
Support for staff and office costs for support planning for children and young people with learning disabilities in Northumberland during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - staff and office costs for support planning for children and young people with learning disabilities in Northumberland during the Covid-19 pandemic
£8,857 18/06/2020
staff and office costs for support planning for children and young people with learning disabilities in Northumberland during the Covid-19 pandemic
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,231 15/06/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Saturday Club for All
£8,797 22/08/2019
12
Saturday Club for All
Three Guineas Trust - Summer play scheme 2019
£10,000 10/06/2019
Summer play scheme 2019.
National Lottery Community Fund - Saturday Club
£10,000 19/07/2018
12
This project is to support children and young people with additional needs to access social and leisure activities and attend local events.
Three Guineas Trust - Summer play scheme
£10,000 07/06/2018
Summer play scheme - complex needs.
Three Guineas Trust - 2017 Summer play scheme
£8,000 09/06/2017
2017 Summer play scheme.
Three Guineas Trust - 2016 Summer play scheme
£8,607 21/04/2016
2016 Summer play scheme.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards School holiday activity sessions
£3,000 18/11/2015
Towards School holiday activity sessions
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wecan (We Enable Children with Additional Needs)
£3,000 18/11/2015
towards one year's running costs of a project providing activities for young people with additional needs in Northumberland
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Annual Summer Scheme
£4,750 19/06/2015
Towards Annual Summer Scheme
Three Guineas Trust - Summer play scheme
£9,500 28/05/2015
Summer play scheme.
Three Guineas Trust - Summer play scheme
£5,000 20/05/2014
Summer play scheme.
Three Guineas Trust - Summer play scheme
£5,000 10/06/2013
Towards general costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-71
  • ALAN NELSON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • DAWN FLYNN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: General Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/07/2008, number: 1125037
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/09/2007, number: 06384156
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
15 returns made; AR16: 33 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR11: 21 days late, AR09: 276 days late,
Main office

WECAN - We Enable Children with Additional Ne
Moot Hall Gallery
Market Place
HEXHAM
Northumberland
NE46 1XF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AGED BETWEEN 6 AND 30 LIVING IN TYNEDALE AND SOUTHWEST NORTHUMBERLAND, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING RESPITE FACILITY BY THE PROVISION OF BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, LEISURE ACTIVITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

TYNEDALE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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