Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

WORCESTER SNOEZELEN CIO

WE PROVIDE LEISURE THERAPY FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO HAVE ANY DISABILITIES & ADDITIONAL NEEDS. THESE INCLUDE MULTI-SENSORY ACTIVITIES, HYDROTHERAPY, CREATIVE ARTS AND THERAPIES. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HOLD EVENTS WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS & EMPOWER OUR MEMBERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERFORMANCE, LEARNING NEW SKILLS & EXHIBITIONS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£313£343£-30n/a
31/03/22£330£299£31n/a
31/03/21£367£301£66n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

http://www.worcestersnoezelen.org.uk/

enquiries@worcestersnoezelen.org.uk

01905748229

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Herefordshire, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£77,980
Youth Music£21,810
Co-Operative Group£9,288
Sport England£5,275
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Worcester Snoezelen
£2,670 21/10/2023
We will train people with learning disabilities/additional needs to prepare and serve food and drinks in our café.
Youth Music - Youth Music Project
£21,810 02/03/2022
Youth Music Project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Worcester Snoezelen
£6,618 24/10/2020
We provide multi-sensory play activities for children with disabilities for health and wellbeing, therapy and experiential learning.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£77,980 17/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£5,275 03/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
National Lottery Community Fund - Coffee Lounge Project
£88,636 24/05/2019
48
This funding will help introduce a coffee lounge, which will enable visitors to enjoy refreshments in a disability friendly environment. It will also enable young people with learning disabilities to receive training, work experience and employment. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Cohesion Porject
£9,740 15/02/2019
12
This funding will be used to deliver an immersive learning experiences for children. The project aims to raise awareness and understanding about disabilities.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANNE BARD MRS Appointed: 2021
  • BRIAN JOSEPH NOEL O'CONNELL Appointed: 2016
  • ERIC SPENCER RHODES (Chair) Appointed: 2015
  • JAMES PARKER Appointed: 2022
  • JULIAN MARK HAYCOCK Appointed: 2022
  • KAROL KEENAN Appointed: 2024
  • ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKBOURN Appointed: 2009
  • ROBERT PROCOPIOU Appointed: 2024
  • VALERIE ANNE BLACKBOURN Appointed: 2009
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/02/2020, number: 1188079
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
3 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from WORCESTER SNOEZELEN on 03/05/2022
Main office

3 Turnpike Close
Worcester
WR2 6AB

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND/OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS BY THE PROVISION OF A MULTI-SENSORY LEISURE THERAPY CENTRE AS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE DESIGNED TO: A) PROMOTE MULTI-SENSORY PRACTICES AND TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING; AND B) INCREASE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND/OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND THE BENEFITS OF MULTI SENSORY PLAY THERAPY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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