SPACE

Registered charity 1175957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide support to children with additional needs and their families through the provision of accessible play and recreation activities, and sharing advice and information

Objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND/OR OTHER LEISURE TIME FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS. THIS INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF A MULTI-SENSORY AND SAFE PLAY ENVIRONMENT WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CHILDRENS CONDITIONS OF LIFE.TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, GUIDANCE AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEER SUPPORT TO PARENTS AND CARERS AS WE RECOGNISE THEIR ROLE IS INTEGERAL IN THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £122,394, which is above the stated policy target of three months' core operating costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £44,405 for the year, driven by significant grant income, and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Jones
• Helen Rainbird
• Jonathan Haigh
• Kate Francis
• LOUISE SMITH
• Siobhan Williams

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Flintshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OUR SPACE (STAFFS) LTD.

• OUR SPACE (STAFFS) LTD income £158k
• SPACE income £987k
• THE SPACE - SUPPORTING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT income £317k
• ART SPACE income £497k
• DYS SPACE LIMITED income £3.3m
• HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED income £421k

Side by side with its peers

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