SPECIAL NEEDS ENTERPRISES (NORFOLK) LIMITED

Registered charity 801275 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STEPPING STONES

To promote the education and relief of young people with learning difficulties. This is achieved through the provision of a programme of life skills training which encompasses numeracy and literacy, IT, arts and crafts and social activities.

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Latest income
£332k
Latest spending
£312k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £191,852, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of accumulating £25,000 for safe running. However, the trustees explicitly report financial concerns regarding the high costs of utilities for the newly purchased centre and the need to keep raising unrestricted funds to finance bills.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £25,000 (held: £192k)
“The trustees consider that it is appropriate to accumulate £25,000 of cash flow for safe running of the Centre before building up new reserves.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £502k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£332k£312k
31/03/2024£220k£248k
31/03/2023£190k£219k
31/03/2022£200k£193k
31/03/2021£211k£179k

Common questions

Is SPECIAL NEEDS ENTERPRISES (NORFOLK) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £191,852, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of accumulating £25,000 for safe running. However, the trustees explicitly report financial concerns regarding the high costs of utilities for the newly purchased centre and the need to keep raising unrestricted funds to finance bills. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SPECIAL NEEDS ENTERPRISES (NORFOLK) LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPECIAL NEEDS ENTERPRISES (NORFOLK) LIMITED as a grant recipient include MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£250Education/Training

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/01/2026£20kStepping Stones Life Skills Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2024£20kLife Skills Training Programme
Postcode Lottery01/11/2023£10kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund10/06/2022£9kSocial Enterprise Project
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2021£10kLife Skills Training Programme costs
UK government28/08/2020£5kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund06/12/2018£9kCatering Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2014£7kStepping Stones Car Park and Access to the Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund06/09/2012£9kNew Premises Refurbishment

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPECIAL NEEDS ENTERPRISES (NORFOLK) LIMITED£332k—0unclear—no doubt
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT FY2024£1.2m—0below—no doubt
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY GROUP FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
LD:NORTHEAST FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
REAL CARE LTD FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
SUPPORTED COMMUNITY BUSINESS (SPECIAL NEEDS) FY2025£325k—0unclear—no doubt

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