Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Future income +5
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

THE BUMBLEBEE CHILDREN'S CHARITY

Promotes and protects the good health of children who are diagnosed or have suspected cerebral palsy, brain and other injuries, neurological conditions, genetic or chromosomal abnormalities and sensory processing disorders. Runs a specialist school to sustain and improve the child's capabilities and to provide specialist support, training and advice to those persons upon whom the child depends.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
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

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

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		£45	£56	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/08/21		£31	£71	£-40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/08/20		£75	£66	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/08/19		£116	£64	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/08/18	*	£105	£61	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	20
31/08/17		£78	£60	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£132	£83	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.bumblebeechildren.org.uk

admin@bumblebeechildren.org.uk

01473652822

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Suffolk,

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£76,905
BBC Children in Need	£45,000
Masonic Trust	£500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Bumblebee Children's Charity
£45,000	27/07/2023	This grant will provide sensory sessions for children and young people with physical difficulties and disabilities. The intended outcomes are that children and young people are physically well and ....more This grant will provide sensory sessions for children and young people with physical difficulties and disabilities. The intended outcomes are that children and young people are physically well and have increased personal movement and mobility.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Bumblebee Children's Charity
£76,905	18/11/2022	This funding will be used to provide weekly sensory sessions for pre-school babies and children with physical difficulties and disabilities. The project designs a programme centred round each child ....more This funding will be used to provide weekly sensory sessions for pre-school babies and children with physical difficulties and disabilities. The project designs a programme centred round each child supporting the child's physical cognitive and social development.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	15/02/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISON STONHAM Appointed: 2021

DAVID WHITE Appointed: 2021

IVANA JANE BARRON Appointed: 2021

JULIE KAREN GOODRIDGE Appointed: 2023

MICHAEL ANDREW SCRIVENER Appointed: 2021

PREMA ANTOINETTE DORAI Appointed: 2021

WILLIAM ARP PETERSEN (Chair) Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/05/2015, number: 1161549

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR18: 65 days late,

Main office

Unit 6
Perry Barn
Burstall Lane
Sproughton
Ipswich
IP8 3DJ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF CHILDREN WHO ARE DIAGNOSED OR WHO HAVE SUSPECTED CEREBRAL PALSY, BRAIN AND OTHER INJURIES, NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, GENETIC OR CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES, AND SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDERS THROUGH THE RUNNING OF A SPECIALIST SCHOOL TO PROMOTE, SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE THE CHILD'S CAPABILITIES AND TO PROVIDE SPECIALIST SUPPORT, TRAINING AND ADVICE TO THOSE PERSONS UPON WHOM THE CHILD DEPENDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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