LOCAL AID FOR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SPECIAL NEEDS

Registered charity 1104585 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOCAL AID SWANSEA BAY

Activities and support for local children and community special needs including:Family support sessions & activities, Saturday Club for children with severe learning disabilitiesTraining for young people at risk of exclusion in our 4 Charity shopsYouth volunteering scheme -Buddies for young people with disability .OCN accreditation members of Children's University Learning Credits

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£276k
Latest spending
£276k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates four retail shops and an eBay store to generate income, supported by 40 retail volunteers contributing 10,000 hours. The trustees confirm that financial statements provide an accurate and fair view, prepared in accordance with the Companies Act and Charities Act.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charity Retail
Our network of charity shops serves as far more than just retail outlets; they are vital community hubs. Not only do they generate essential income, but they are also the primary mechanism through which we channel direct aid. — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea · Neath Port Talbot

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£276k£276k
30/04/2024£260k£271k
30/04/2023£258k£269k
30/04/2022£251k£219k
30/04/2021£169k£169k

Common questions

Is LOCAL AID FOR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SPECIAL NEEDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operates four retail shops and an eBay store to generate income, supported by 40 retail volunteers contributing 10,000 hours. The trustees confirm that financial statements provide an accurate and fair view, prepared in accordance with the Companies Act and Charities Act.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/12/2019£10kLocal Aid - Take That Project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/02/2013£5kSchools Challenge 2013
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2011£5kLocal Aid Schools Challende 2011
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2009£5kLocal Aid Schools Challenge 2010
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2008£5kEmergency Services & Community Safety - Schools Challenge 2008
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2008£107kHands on - People and Places
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2007£5kSchools Challenge 2007
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2006£5kActivities for children wih special needs
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2005£42kThere is no project name available for this record
The National Lottery Community Fund28/06/2005£3kThere is no project name available for this record
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2005£4kUnspecified
The National Lottery Community Fund18/10/2004£12kVolunteer Training
The National Lottery Community Fund18/10/2004£25kFunding Manager

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with All About Youth.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOCAL AID FOR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SPECIAL NEEDS£276k0unclearno doubt
All About Youth FY2024£1.7m£60,001 - £70,0001withinno doubt
VOLUNTEERING MATTERS FY2025£5.7mbelowmaterial uncertainty
VICTA CHILDREN LTD FY2024£980k£60,001 - £70,0001unclearno doubt
FRIENDS OF BRIGHT EYES FY2025£179k0unclearno doubt
SUPPORTED COMMUNITY BUSINESS (SPECIAL NEEDS) FY2025£325k0unclearno doubt

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