SPECIAL NEEDS AND PARENTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1077787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SNAP

Advice, information and support services for parents/carers of children and young people with disabilities. Services and activities for children and young people with disabilities and support for their siblings.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a loss of £108,096 in 2025 due to lower income and higher expenditure. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £634,945, providing 7.3 months of expenditure cover, which is below the stated policy target of 6 to 9 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SNAP (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 26.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stuart Hulbertchair
• Denise Lagdon
• Elizabeth Jane Chaplin
• Julia Kate Gray
• Kate Scola
• Mandy Louisa Glynis Carr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Daniel Deller Ray
• Steven Paul Sawyer
• Surjit Verdi
• Suzanne Julia Davies
• Thomas James Broad · trustee of 1 other charity
• Vincent Paul Wooding

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).