Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 10

MOVING SENSES POSITIVE FUTURES

We provide short breaks and overnight respite for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) . We deliver a variety of stimulating, educational, emotional wellbeing and sensory group work sessions.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/11/23		£115,665	£124,805	£-9,140	5
30/11/22		£121,658	£116,938	£4,720	6
30/11/21		£66,035	£45,507	£20,528	0
30/11/20		£66,035	£45,507	£20,528	0
30/11/19	*	£42,764	£25,405	£17,359	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.movingsenses.co.uk

info@movingsenses.com

07846784378

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Knowsley, Liverpool City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£65,592
DCMS	£35,000
John Moores Foundation	£24,500
Steve Morgan Foundation	£19,500
Co-Operative Group	£4,176

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Moving Senses - Positive Futures
£12,500	20/11/2023	Towards support/play workers x 5 on Saturdays.
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Moving Senses Positive Futures
£19,500	14/07/2021	3 years grant for additional disability play and sensory sessions
National Lottery Community Fund - Give us a break
£65,592	16/04/2021	The organisation offers support to children with disabilities and their families. Funding for the group will enable them to provide activities and services to continue to support their beneficiaries.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Moving Senses
£4,176	24/10/2020	Reduce social isolation for children and young people with disabilities.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Moving Senses - Positive Futures
£12,000	30/09/2020	Towards the holiday play provision for disabled children and core costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£35,000	29/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Moving Senses - Positive Futures
£6,500	31/05/2019	Towards play sessions for disabled children
National Lottery Community Fund - Play Together Stay Together (changing attitudes & minds)
£9,700	21/03/2019 12	The project aims to end the isolation of children/young people with disabilities and their siblings during week-ends and school holidays.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

HAYLEY PATRICIA DOOLEY Appointed: 2023

JO WEBSTER Appointed: 2017

MARK JONATHON CHAPMAN Appointed: 2017

PHILIP NAYLOR Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/11/2018, number: 1180838

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
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

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR19: 15 days late,

Main office

7 BRIDGE ROAD
HUYTON
LIVERPOOL
L36 4HX

Objectives

TO RELIEVE ANY CHARITABLE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS. THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, LIVING IN KNOWSLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF SAFE PLAY, HIGHLIGHTING THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGE LIFE AND WORKING WITH PARENTS, CARERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS GIVING ADVICE AND SUPPORT ON THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEM.

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