Special Needs and Parents Limited

Analysis

Special Needs and Parents Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brentwood. It was registered in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03805837). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Special Needs and Parents Limited reported income of £925k and spending of £1.0m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £781k to £925k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Special Needs and Parents Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carepoint Housing Limited (£923k), Hasag Asbestos Disease Support (£927k) and Hull FC Rugby Community Sports & Education Foundation (£919k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56%, donations and legacies 29%, trading 12% and investments 3.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £7,280. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 24%. Reserves of £635k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.