PARENTING SPECIAL CHILDREN

Registered charity 1141172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A Berkshire organisation which supports families, including working directly with children/young people with special needs, disabilities and/or early life trauma, and training professionals working with them. Holistic specialist services: helpline/triage service, workshops/courses, trauma/attachment, sleep, 1:1 work, support groups, transition into adulthood and neurodiverse children's groups.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£311k
Latest spending
£315k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3,467 for the year ended 30 November 2025, following a surplus in the previous year. The trustees report that reserves are sufficient to cover 8.9 months of operating costs, indicating a focus on building resilience through income diversification.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 8.9 months operating costs (held: £471k)
“Reserves going forward to FY26 of 8.9 months operating costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£311k£315k
30/11/2024£374k£304k
30/11/2023£273k£251k
30/11/2022£292k£275k
30/11/2021£247k£278k

Common questions

Is PARENTING SPECIAL CHILDREN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3,467 for the year ended 30 November 2025, following a surplus in the previous year. The trustees report that reserves are sufficient to cover 8.9 months of operating costs, indicating a focus on building resilience through income diversification. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PARENTING SPECIAL CHILDREN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PARENTING SPECIAL CHILDREN as a grant recipient include THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EARLEY CHARITY, THE TOY TRUST, MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, LOUIS BAYLIS CHARITABLE TRUST.

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£50kMillionaire Street 2023 11w5
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2023£247kSupporting complex families
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£9kSupporting families experiencing child to parent aggression during COVID-19
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2019£190kChildhood Trauma and Attachment Service
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2017£10kAnxiety workshops and courses
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2016£129kParenting Special Children Plus (PSC+)
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2014£10kSleep Workshops for parents in primary schools
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2010£9kDiagnosis Support Service for families of children with disabilities