SPACE

Registered charity 1172178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SPACE is a Hertfordshire based charity supporting parent/carers of children and young people on the Autistic Spectrum, with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or a Neurodiverse condition.Providing:Exclusive Social Events,Support Groups, Workshops,Training,Conferences,Equipment Lending Library,Alternative Provision,Therapeutic Interventions, Pre Screening Services

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND CARERS OF CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE DIAGNOSED OR UNDER ASSESSMENT FOR AUTISM (ASD) AND/OR ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) AND RELATED CONDITIONS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING, ORGANISING AND FACILITATING EXPERIENCES TO REDUCE FAMILY ISOLATION AND PROMOTE INCLUSION;B) IMPROVING AND ADVANCING THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND SKILLS OF PARENTS/CARERS AND PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND SUPPORT AND PROMOTE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION;C) BUILDING A SMALL BANK OF RESOURCES INCLUDING AIDES THAT PARENTS/CARERS CAN BORROW TO FURTHER SUPPORT FAMILIES IN THE HOME ENVIRONMENT; ANDD) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES FACED BY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THESE CONDITIONS AND THE SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £133,456.98 against a stated policy target of four months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, despite noting a challenging financial landscape with rising costs.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LYN HEATHCOTE SHARIFchair
• Mark Wilson
• Polly Kerr
• Sarah Jones
• Victoria Helen Kemp

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

Operates in: Barnet · Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Cambridgeshire · Central Bedfordshire · Enfield · Essex · Hertfordshire · Luton · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPACE.

• SPACE income £256k
• DYS SPACE LIMITED income £3.3m
• THE SPACE - SUPPORTING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT income £317k
• ACTION SPACE LONDON EVENTS LIMITED income £613k
• LEARNING SPACE income £1.2m
• ART SERVICES GRANTS LIMITED income £5.9m

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