SHARE

Registered charity 279083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

The charity provides respite for parents and carers who have young people with special needs in there care, also ensures a safe and heppy environment for after school clubs and evening entertainment for young people with special needs.

Objects

TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR ANY PERSON, IRRELEVANT OF AGE, WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES WITHIN ESSEX TO IMPROVE SELF ESTEEM, CONFIDENCE AND SOCIAL SKILLS THROUGH A VARIETY OF METHODS INCLUDING CREATIVE LEARNING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

Area of benefit: ESSEX

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a profit of £183,343.28, having generated total turnover of £778,544.95. The trustees report that the charity started the year in a stable financial position due to careful budgeting. No specific reserves policy target is stated, only a general aim to maintain a safe reserve amount to cover unplanned events.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL WESTENHOFERchair
• Brandon King Rowe
• Laura Leigh
• MICHELLE WESTENHOFER

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

Operates in: Essex · Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

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

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• SHARE COMMUNITY LIMITED income £2.3m
• SONSHINE CLUB income £137k
• THE SHARE FOUNDATION income £1.2m
• SHARE THE HOPE income £106k

Side by side with its peers

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