MAKE A SPECIAL KID SMILE (MASKS)

Registered charity 1109902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAKE A SPECIAL KID SMILE, MASKS

MASKS SUPPORTS BOOKER PARK AND STOCKLAKE PARK SPECIAL SCHOOLS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING PUPILS ACHIEVE THEIR AIMS TO IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND LIVES OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. OUR CURRENT PROJECTS WE ARE RAISING FUNDS FOR INCLUDE NEW MINIBUS, HOLIDAY CLUB PROVISION, ALLOTMENT PROJECT, THERAPIST PROVISION, REFURBISHMENT OF COOKERY ROOM AND OUR ADULT PROVISION OF LEARNING.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT SCHOOLS WHICH FORM THE VALE FEDERATION (BOOKER PARK & STOCKLAKE PARK SCHOOLS) BY PROVIDING FUNDS, ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES THAT IS NOT THE OBLIGATION OF ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE;2. THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS.3. FURTHERANCE OF LINKS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE TO SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: PARK SCHOOL, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,458.77 for the year ended 30 April 2025. The total fund value increased to £67,045.68, reflecting the addition of the surplus to the opening balance. The trustees confirmed the accounts were balanced and submitted to the Charity Commission.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Stephensonchair
• Amanda Housego
• Caterina Long
• Rhonda Gosney
• Sheri Irons
• Una Carroll
• Victoria Jones

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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