ADUR SPECIAL NEEDS PROJECT

Registered charity 1088423 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASP

We provide weekend play schemes for all young people with disabilities aged between 5 and 15 years, on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month during school term times. Activities are fun-based and include support by paid staff.Activities include art and drama, cookery, music, indoor and out door games, sensory room, computers, reading, quiet time and occasional outings.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE PROJECT SHALL BE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION, RECREATION AND CARE OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THAT ARE NORMALLY RESIDENT IN SUSSEX AREA

Area of benefit: SUSSEX COUNTY

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

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £203 to £102,128 at the year end, with cash reserves of £113,760 held against current liabilities of £14,042. The charity reported a net income of £203 for the year, derived from incoming resources of £80,545 and total expenditure of £80,342. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the preparation of the accounts.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Adur Special Needs Project (ASNP) (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Heidi Rush
• Jonathan Hodgson
• Jonathan Peter Rush
• Sarah Jane Funnell
• Sean Obrien
• VALERIE TREVOR

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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