AMAZE

Registered charity 1078094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMAZE BRIGHTON AND HOVE

Amaze is a charity that offers information, advice and support to parent carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in Brighton and Sussex. We also work directly with young people up to 25. We support parent carers and young people through the emotional and practical demands of getting the right services in finance, education, health care and leisure.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £140,703 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing total funds to £869,432. However, the trustees report that free (unrestricted) reserves are only £34,731, which is significantly below the stated policy target of holding three months' operating expenses plus redundancy and wind-up costs. The charity relies on 80% statutory funding and acknowledges the financial risk associated with potential termination of these contracts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chariot House Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03818021

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Slater and Gordon — “Amaze has now partnered with Slater and Gordon to help sustain and develop its much-needed services, with the law firm providing funding tow…” (source page)
• Anderson Acoustics — “Anderson Acoustics made a charitable donation to Amaze after a recommendation from a member of staff who had used Amaze’s services.” (source page)
• Hopscotch — “Hopscotch have chosen Amaze as their charity of the year, hosting fundraising activities for Amaze throughout the year and sponsoring our fi…” (source page)
• Clarity Environmental — “Since 2018, they have committed to donating at least 1 per cent of their profits each quarter to charitable causes, while actively supportin…” (source page)

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.

• SAUNDERS, Grainne Eileen Clare, Dr — director, appointed 19/05/2026on trustee list
• SANDERSON, Amanda — director, appointed 27/02/2025on trustee list
• PREECE, Jennifer Clare — director, appointed 28/11/2024on trustee list
• CLARKE, Eleanor — director, appointed 10/07/2024on trustee list
• TINDAL, Alexander James — director, appointed 10/07/2024on trustee list
• ARNOLD-JENKINS, Joshua — director, appointed 10/07/2024on trustee list
• BENSON, Sally Jane — director, appointed 30/11/2023on trustee list
• HADERT, Eliph — director, appointed 04/08/2023on trustee list
• HAMDHAIDARI, Mohammad — director, appointed 05/12/2019on trustee list
• PLANT, Alison Michelle — director, appointed 30/11/2018on trustee list
• POLANSKI, Sally Annette — secretary, appointed 01/09/2022

Official officers record.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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: 7.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander James Tindal · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Michelle Plant
• Amanda Sanderson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Diana Charlotte Boyd
• Dr Grainne Saunders
• Eleanor Clarke
• Eliph Hadert
• Jennifer Clare Preece
• Joshua Arnold-Jenkins
• Mohammad Hamdhaidari
• Sally Benson

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AMELIA-MAE FOUNDATION.

• THE AMELIA-MAE FOUNDATION income £116k
• AMAZING GRACE CHRISTIAN SANCTUARY income £133k
• AMAZING GRACE SPACES income £138k
• LOVE, AMELIA income £350k
• AMBITIOUS ABOUT AUTISM income £42.8m
• Amazing Kids Club Ltd income £874k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.