SAMMY'S FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1209562 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND VULNERABLE ADULTS THROUGHOUT ENGLAND WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF NEUROLOGICAL DIVERGENCE AND THOSE LIVING WITH COMPLICATED, ADDITIONAL NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING: A) TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN TRADITIONAL HERITAGE CRAFT TAILORED TO THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THEM AND ENABLE THEM TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, INCREASE SELF-ESTEEM AND DEVELOP SOCIAL AND LIFE SKILLS WHICH HELP TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES AND MAXIMISE THEIR POTENTIAL.B) TO ASSIST OR FACILITATE OPPORTUNITIES OF EMPLOYMENT IN TRADITIONAL HERITAGE CRAFTC) PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT DESIGNED TO RELIEVE THEIR NEEDS D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. E) PROVISION OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES AND CARERS

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Thanet, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total income of £34,237.81 and expenditure of £12,836.14, resulting in funds carried forward of £21,401.67. Unrestricted reserves stood at £9,213.67, which the trustees confirmed is within their stated policy target of 3–6 months of core operating costs. The trustees consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• City & Guilds Foundation — “City & Guilds Foundation” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Jane Battenchair
• Andrew Waller
• Jonathan Deslandes
• Stephen Kingdom

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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