MILTON KEYNES SPECIAL NEEDS ADVANCEMENT PROJECT

Registered charity 1013148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M K SNAP

Education/Training for People with a disability/Special needs

Objects

A) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY , IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING FACILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR LIVING AND TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY ; AND B) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE , TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Milton Keynes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £120,348 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,102,224 against total expenditure of £981,876. Per the trustees' report, reserve levels remain very healthy, with unrestricted funds totaling £1,607,497, which significantly exceeds the Board's policy target of maintaining a minimum of six months' expenditure in a designated reserve. The charity holds a bank loan of £825,000 secured against its premises, but the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 01/02/2023, 1 day after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02544583

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Milton Keynes Special Needs Advancement Project (MK SNAP) (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MARLOW, Amanda Jane — director, appointed 17/07/2026on trustee list
• JONES, Dean Edward — director, appointed 11/02/2026on trustee list
• SMYTH, Michelle Heather — director, appointed 16/07/2025on trustee list
• HODDINOTT, Matthew Ronald William — director, appointed 23/04/2025on trustee list
• BILEN, Sinem — director, appointed 09/11/2023on trustee list
• ALLIGAN, Brett Nicholas — director, appointed 24/02/2022on trustee list
• BECK MBE, Melanie Jane — director, appointed 04/02/2021not on trustee list
• BRADBAN, Lucy Ann — director, appointed 05/12/2019on trustee list
• SPEARMAN, Lisa Joanne — director, appointed 20/12/2016on trustee list
• KEMP, Christopher Mark, Professor — director, appointed 17/03/2014on trustee list
• HARRIS, Andrew David — director, appointed 05/02/2013on trustee list
• HARRIS, Andrew David — secretary, appointed 31/10/2013

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~19.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Harrischair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Amanda Jane Marlow
• Brett Nicholas Alligan
• Dean Edward Jones
• Lisa Spearman
• Lucy Bradban
• Matthew Ronald William Hoddinott
• Melanie Jane Beck MBE
• Michelle Heather Smyth

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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