Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

MUSTARD SEED AUTISM TRUST 

- Support with communication, social & sensory difficulties - Play & Sensory Motor Therapy- Parent courses- Sibling support group- OT for schools support service- Courses for schools & other professionalsServices for families with children aged between 3 and 11, with an autism diagnosis, within a 10 mile radius of Farnborough, Hampshire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be 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
Established: 12 years

http://mustardseedautism.co.uk/

info@mustardseedautism.co.uk

07980636413

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UN SDGs
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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
31/08/22£132£118£14n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/08/21£110£112£-2n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/08/20£95£79£16n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/08/19£73£82£-9n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/08/18£82£72£10£0£0£0n/a021
31/08/17£47£71£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£135£55£80£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£33£27£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£38£14£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£27£14£14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 12 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bracknell Forest, Hampshire, Surrey,

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£38,968
Community Foundation for Surrey£14,449
DCMS£12,500
National Lottery Community Fund£5,000
Co-Operative Group£3,706
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£1,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Mustard Seed Autism Trust
£3,706 21/10/2023
This funding will enable us to run the five-week Empowering Parents course for parents of young autistic children, plus the six-week Teen Life course for parents of autistic teens.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mustard Seed Autism Trust
£30,500 30/07/2021
This project will deliver a bespoke programme of specialist play therapy for children with autism. Activities will develop tools to manage anxiety and stress, develop motor, social and communication ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Happy and Healthy
£5,000 18/06/2021
The funding will be used to develop an “Autism Hub” where local families can access support therapies advice and training for autistic children and their families in areas of Hampshire and ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Mustard Seed Autism Trust
£1,500 17/03/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mustard Seed Autism Trust
£8,468 30/11/2020
1:1 therapeutic sessions and small group life skills coaching for children with autism. Young people will benefit through increased confidence, reduction in anxiety, and being better able to cope ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,500 01/10/2020
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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 15/07/2020
"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
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£4,449 21/05/2020
Funding for a charity supporting children with autism during the Coronavirus pandemic
Community Foundation for Surrey - Core Costs
£10,000 04/12/2019
11
Continuation funding for essential running costs for a local charity supporting children with autism and their families.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Core Costs
£5,000 11/09/2018
Core costs for a local charity supporting children with autism and their families.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 18/06/2018
The Autism Hub
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/09/2012, number: 1148938
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

23 Ash Tree Close
FARNBOROUGH
GU14 0QP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND RELATED CONDITIONS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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