LITTLE SENDSATIONS

Registered charity 1206407 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Accessible outdoor and indoor activities for special needs children. These range from stay and plays, to farm visits, soft play centres, and hiring in activities to an accessible building for our children to engage in and enjoy.

Objects

THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO ARE: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OR DISABILITIES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, BY PROVIDING OR MAKING AVAILABLE ACCESSIBLE ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND ADVICE.

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: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£117k
Latest spending
£54k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £78,515 by the end of the financial year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £35,183. The charity reported a net surplus of £62,253, having received £116,592 in income against £54,339 in expenditure. The filing notes that a significant proportion of funds are restricted, requiring trustees to monitor project budgets and cash-flow needs carefully.

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 4 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: 6

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

  • Government income: £5,000 — contracts £5,000 (1); 12% of the £41,587 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£117k£54k
31/03/2025£42k£25k

Common questions

Is LITTLE SENDSATIONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £78,515 by the end of the financial year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £35,183. The charity reported a net surplus of £62,253, having received £116,592 in income against £54,339 in expenditure. The filing notes that a significant proportion of funds are restricted, requiring trustees to monitor project budgets and cash-flow needs carefully. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/11/2025£20kLittle Sensations staffing
The National Lottery Community Fund08/08/2024£4kSensory Room

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 SPACE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LITTLE SENDSATIONS£117k—0unclear—no doubt
SPACE FY2025£256k—0below—no doubt
OPERATION REACH FY2025£61k—0unclear—no doubt
SMALL SAINTS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£572k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ACTIVITY DEN FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S CONCERTS FY2026£141k——above—no doubt

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