Children with Special Needs Foundation

Analysis

Children with Special Needs Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chobham. It was registered in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Children with Special Needs Foundation reported income of £192k and spending of £193k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £210k to £192k (-8.3%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Children with Special Needs Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Triple a Project (All About Autism) (£192k), Calderbridge and Ponsonby Village Hall (£192k) and Lev Chaim (£192k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.