SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE

Registered charity 1193572 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit, the relief of neurodivergent and disabled children, young people and adults and their parents or carers, in particular, but not exclusively, by:Providing support services, assistance, information, activities, and training programmes;Relieving financial hardship;Creating opportunities for respite breaks;Promoting social inclusion and raising awareness and acceptance;

Objects

For the public benefit, the relief of neurodivergent and disabled children, young people and adults and their parents or carers, in particular but not exclusively, by:Providing support services, assistance, information, activities, and training programmes;Relieving financial hardship;Creating opportunities for respite breaks;Promoting social inclusion and raising awareness and acceptance;Developing and promoting innovative and early interventions for the health and well-being of beneficiaries.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Castle Point, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£109k
Latest spending
£76k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net operating surplus of £33,874 for the year ended March 2026, with total income of £109,497 against expenditure of £75,623. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to approximately £14,414, though trustees acknowledge this remains below the level required for longer-term financial resilience. The charity maintains a stable financial position with positive cash flow and no immediate short-term concerns, while continuing to rely significantly on restricted grant funding.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £45,020 — grants £45,020 (8); 41% of the £109,497 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £6,000 — grants £6,000 (3); 4% of the £145,376 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/02/2024

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £10,000 — grants £10,000 (1); 8% of the £121,491 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SEND the Right Message (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£109k£76k
31/03/2025£145k£95k
29/02/2024£121k£82k
28/02/2023£66k£63k
28/02/2022£32k£11k

Common questions

Is SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net operating surplus of £33,874 for the year ended March 2026, with total income of £109,497 against expenditure of £75,623. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to approximately £14,414, though trustees acknowledge this remains below the level required for longer-term financial resilience. The charity maintains a stable financial position with positive cash flow and no immediate short-term concerns, while continuing to rely significantly on restricted grant funding. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE as a grant recipient include Fuel Bank Foundation, ROSCA TRUST, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TUDWICK FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ROSCA TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£132k
Fuel Bank FoundationFY2023£16kFuel Bank Vouchers
ROSCA TRUSTFY2023£5k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4k
THE TUDWICK FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE TUDWICK FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
ROSCA TRUSTFY2022£1k
ROSCA TRUSTFY2025Unverified read£750

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2025£20kSTRM’s Making Sense of SEND: Parent Pathway & Peer Support
Postcode Lottery06/01/2025£20kMillionaire Street 2025 01w2
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2024£19kRightward Shift
Postcode Lottery29/04/2024£8kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2023£10kCost of Living Financial Support Project
Sport England07/04/2022£10kJubilee Fund - SEND The Right Message Bouldering Club
The National Lottery Community Fund22/12/2021£10kSEND the Right Message Expansion

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Society for Neurodiversity.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE£109k——unclear—no doubt
The Society for Neurodiversity FY2025£80k—0unclear—no doubt
SIMPLE REASON FY2026£61k—0unclear—no doubt
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
MORE EDUCATION FY2025£531k—0below—no doubt
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025£1.5m—0unclear1.0%no doubt

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