Finance Score: -10

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Accounts overdue -5
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: -4

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ADVICE CENTRE

To promote and advance education of children and young adults particularly by providing advice and assistance on children�s special educational needs and conducting and disseminating research and information on such special education and to provide representation at Tribunal and such other legal representation.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

Financial issues to consider:

Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 9 years

www.senac.co.uk

info@senac.co.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Year end	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Income	£146,481	£161,920	£167,510	£173,713	£105,713	£106,998
Spending	£137,463	£158,753	£140,566	£117,552	£126,048	£120,093
Surplus/deficit	£9,018	£3,167	£26,944	£56,161	-£20,335	-£13,095

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Listed activities

The advancement of education

How it operates

Advice/advocacy/information

Where it operates

Northern Ireland

Who it helps

Children (5-13 year olds), Learning disabilities, Parents, Preschool (0-5 year olds), Sensory disabilities, Youth (14-25 year olds)

Who works here?

5 employees
4 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Access to Justice Foundation	£77,340
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland	£15,874
John Moores Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Funding towards SENAC Appeal Service
£6,000	22/02/2022	£6,500 towards salary costs, insurance, telephone and postage costs. This will enable a tribunal representative to support and represent parents who have appealed an EA decision not to support their ....more £6,500 towards salary costs, insurance, telephone and postage costs. This will enable a tribunal representative to support and represent parents who have appealed an EA decision not to support their child.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£25,500	06/08/2021	A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID91
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£51,840	17/08/2020	A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Funding towards our Support Service for families of Children with Special Educational Needs
£5,000	01/06/2020	Funding towards our Support Service for families of Children with Special Educational Needs *COVID
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Special Educational Needs Advice Centre
£5,000	30/03/2020 12	Towards running costs
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Contribution towards a Salaried Position
£4,874	10/09/2019	Contribution towards a Salaried Position
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Special Educational Needs Advice Centre (SENAC)
£74,300	08/12/2016 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the salaries and running costs of a special educational needs advice line for parents, carers and young people across Northern Ireland
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Special Educational Needs Advice Centre (SENAC)
£69,200	25/11/2013 36	towards three years’ continuation funding of the salary of the Advice Line Co-ordinator and related project costs of a telephone helpline providing support to families affected by learning ....more towards three years’ continuation funding of the salary of the Advice Line Co-ordinator and related project costs of a telephone helpline providing support to families affected by learning difficulties in Northern Ireland

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 20/02/2015, number: NIC101355
Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: 0NI48698

Main office

Graham House, Knockbracken Healthcare Park, Saintfield Road, Belfast, BT8 8BH

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