SOS! SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

Registered charity 1153884 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOS!SEN

The relief of parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs in England and Wales where the need arises, by the provision of information, practical assistance and advice, and such other services as the Trustees shall deem necessary, with a view to meeting the educational needs of their children and improving their conditions of life.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF CARERS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES AND THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND, BUT NOT EXCLUDING OTHER AREAS IN ENGLAND AND WALES WHERE THE NEED ARISES, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE AND SUCH OTHER SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DEEM NECESSARY WITH A VIEW TO MEETING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN AND IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. (“THE OBJECTS”).

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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Registered contact address: Sutton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £10,468 for the year, deliberately spending more than the £358,362 in income to invest in infrastructure and capacity. Despite this planned deficit, the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £270,957, which the trustees report are equivalent to 7.7 months of operating expenditure, well above their stated policy target of six months.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SOS!SEN (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Collison
• Gregory Alexander Cust
• JENNIFER HAINES · trustee of 1 other charity
• June May Lee Goh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patrick Tonks · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samantha Kestle
• Simon Bull

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARENTS IN NEED.

• PARENTS IN NEED income £79k
• SPECIAL NEEDS AND PARENTS LIMITED income £925k
• SPECIAL NEEDS ADVISORY AND ACTIVITIES PROJECT income £422k
• OUR KIDS EYES income £134k
• SPECIAL PLAY AND LEISURE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS income £163k
• CHILDREN ON THE EDGE income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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