The 24x7 Special Needs Holiday Trust

Analysis

The 24x7 Special Needs Holiday Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dunmow. It was registered in May 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07180685). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The 24x7 Special Needs Holiday Trust reported income of £82k and spending of £100k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £82k (+190%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 542%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The 24x7 Special Needs Holiday Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samaritans of Coventry and District (£82k), The NDL Foundation (£82k) and St Helens Unit 294 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£82k).

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.