Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Static board: -3
All female board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -2

PARENTS AND CARERS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN (POSCH)

We provide support groups to parents and family carers who have a child or children with a special educational need or disability.We are a parent-led and volunteer-led organisation.We also signpost parents and family carers to information, specialist support and local resources.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£12,048	£7,747	£4,301	6
31/03/22	£2,735	£6,239	£-3,504	3
31/03/21	£11,001	£14,845	£-3,844	0
31/03/20	£14,774	£7,395	£7,379	0
31/03/19	£12,954	£2,963	£9,991	1

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

http://www.posch.org.uk/

poschinfo@gmail.com

07562239064

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Services for families & carers

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Parents And Carers Of Special Children (POSCH)
£5,221	21/10/2023	We'd like to hire venues where we can run our support groups. Funding will be used to bring in special guests to deliver much-needed distraction activities such as yoga, crafts and meditation.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,900	25/09/2020	"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."
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - TRANSending Solutions- to empower families through training and therapeutic support.
£3,000	13/05/2019	TRANSending Solutions- to empower families through training and therapeutic support.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALYSON TONGE Appointed: 2019

JULIE BLAKEY Appointed: 2015

SARA DALTON Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/01/2018, number: 1176766

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

14A MARKET PLACE
THIRSK
NORTH YORKSHIRE
YO7 1LB

Objectives

THE RELIEF, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, OF PARENTS AND CARERS OF DISABLED CHILDREN AND/OR CHILDREN WITH A SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEED, WHO LIVE IN NORTH YORKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, INFORMATION ABOUT DISABILITY ISSUES, STRATEGIES, TOOLS AND PRACTICAL FAMILY SUPPORT.

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