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A.B.B.E.Y. Sure Start

  • Status

    Received: 3 days late

  • Income

    £928.6K

  • Spending

    £928.6K

Charity no. 106269 Company no. 41606 Date registered. 07/12/2016

Public benefits

The improvement in the ability of children to learn by encouraging stimulating play, improving language skills and the early identification and support of children with learning difficulties. We also aim to improve health by supporting parents in caring for children and promoting children’s health and development. Also includes improved social

development by supporting the development of early relationships between parents and children, good parenting skills, family functioning and early identification and support of children with emotional, learning or behavioural difficulties. The organisation operates a robust evaluation policy which measures impact both objectively and subjectively. As part of a regional initiative the project also reports to the Northern Childcare Partnership and Department of Education who evaluate outcomes. The charity's beneficiaries are children under 4 within the catchment area of the charity and their parents/carers.

What your organisation does

Through the provision of services aimed at children under 4 and their families within the organisation's catchment area.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • Carers
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Parents
  • Physical disabilities
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Sensory disabilities
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Women

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Counselling/support
  • Disability
  • Education/training
  • General charitable purposes
  • Medical/health/sickness
  • Playgroup/after schools
  • Relief of poverty
  • Sport/recreation
  • Welfare/benevolent
  • Youth development

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

  • Due documents received late information

  • This charity failed to provide information on its finances within 10 months of its financial year end. This information has now been received.

Income

£928.6K

Spending

£928.6K

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2019

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

To enhance the development and education of children below statutory age and to advance education, relieve poverty, sickness and distress among those in necessitous circumstances in Newtownabbey and its environs (hereinafter called "the area of benefit"). To provide recreational and leisure time facilities in the interests of social welfare for those inhabitants of the are of benefit, without distinction of age, sex, special needs, race, or political, religious or other opinions, who are in necessitous circumstances.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name


  • 5 Trustees
  • 37 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Cathy, Abbey Surestart, 440 Shore Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9RU

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Martin Walls
Mrs Amanda Johnston
Ms Leah Rea
Mrs Joyce Rainey
Karen

List of regions

  • Antrim And Newtownabbey Borough Council