Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

LITTLE DISCOVERERS, WEST NORFOLK SCHOOL FOR PARENTS

We provide a holistic form of early education for pre-school children with motor learning difficulties and delayed development. Parents/carers attend sessions with their children. Programmes are based on the principles of Conductive education and the Early Years Foundation Stage, designed by specialist staff to make learning fun.Service provided free of charge. W Norfolk and surrounding area.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

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	£50	£48	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/22	£41	£52	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/21	£58	£40	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/20	£50	£39	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/19	£53	£37	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/18	£39	£35	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£29	£32	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£25	£33	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£52	£32	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£36	£30	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£48	£30	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£33	£29	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£32	£27	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£28	£35	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£24	£25	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.littlediscoverers.co.uk

littlediscoverers@littlediscoverers.co.uk

07805 427044

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Child day-care services

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
BBC Children in Need	£2,500
DCMS	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Little Discoverers West Norfolk School for Parents
£10,000	15/07/2022	This project will provide specialist advice and support three days a week for pre-school aged children with motor learning difficulties and developmental delays and their families. The project will ....more This project will provide specialist advice and support three days a week for pre-school aged children with motor learning difficulties and developmental delays and their families. The project will use a multi sensory approach which is fun for the children and maximises all aspects of a child's developmental potential.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Little Discoverers, West Norfolk School for Parents
£2,500	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - Grant for adaptions to early years support services for disabled children who are isolated and lacking support due to covid 19. The support sessions will improve children's mobility, ....more COVID19 - Grant for adaptions to early years support services for disabled children who are isolated and lacking support due to covid 19. The support sessions will improve children's mobility, communication skills and peer relationships.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,500	24/05/2020	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.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Little Discoverers, West Norfolk School for Parents
£29,997	13/03/2018 36	This project will deliver early years support sessions for disabled children. The project will improve mobility, increase independence and develop communication skills.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW MCSHANE Appointed: 2021

EMMA JANE FENDLEY Appointed: 2021

KATHARINE LESLEY FISHER (Chair)

PENNY SHEERIN Appointed: 2018

SUE WILLIAMSON Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/08/2008, number: 1125400

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

15 returns made; all on time

Main office

Little Discoverers
WNSfP
c/o Alive Lynnsport
Greenpark Avenue
King's Lynn
Norfolk

Objectives

= TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIESAND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE ANDRESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 12 YEARSLIVING IN WEST NORFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDINGADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL,EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES BY MEANS OF:ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS,CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY ASINDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS, AND BY ADVANCINGEDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST NORFOLK

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