Milton Keynes Special Needs Advancement Project

Analysis

Milton Keynes Special Needs Advancement Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02544583). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Milton Keynes Special Needs Advancement Project reported income of £1.1m and spending of £982k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £903k to £1.1m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Milton Keynes Special Needs Advancement Project sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Staffordshire Engineering Group Training Association Limited (£1.1m), Dr Frost Learning (£1.1m) and Independent Publishers Guild (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67%, donations and legacies 20%, trading 10% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 4.2%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.