Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

THE SOCIETY FOR NEURODIVERSITY

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing neurodivergent people from becomingsocially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded andassisting them to integrate into society,
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 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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
31/08/23£3£8£-5n/a
31/08/22£22£9£13n/a
31/08/21*£13£8£5n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.s4nd.org

enquiries@s4nd.org

07971540062

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Tudor Trust - Grant to S4Nd
£90,000 21/03/2022
36
over three years towards core salaries and running costs for a user-led organisation supporting people with ADHD and autism in Calderdale and across the UK
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Personal Independence Payment - Pre application training + Support throughout the process.
£10,000 17/12/2021
Grant to The Society 4 Neurodiversity
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Society for Neurodiveristy (S4Nd) - Online community and website
£5,000 16/11/2021
Grant to The Society 4 Neurodiversity

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALISON MORETON Appointed: 2021
  • ALLAN HOWORTH Appointed: 2020
  • CHLOE HAIGH Appointed: 2024
  • CHRISTOPHER JAMES FRY Appointed: 2024
  • CRAIG ANTHONY DEAN (Chair) Appointed: 2024
  • IAN BURGESS Appointed: 2024
  • LIANE LANGDON Appointed: 2024
  • NADINE DIANE ROONEY Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/10/2020, number: 1191854
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR21: 250 days late,
Main office

8A HALL STREET
HALIFAX
HX1 5AY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE, THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION;2. PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT;3. PROVIDING A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEURODIVERGENT AND NEUROTYPICAL PEOPLE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED'?? MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING NEURODIVERGENT, AND THOSE AFFECTED BY THESE DIFFERENCES SUCHAS THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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