Snap Specialist Play
What it does
SNAP Specialist play is dedicated to enhancing the physical and emotional well-being of pre-school children with additional and complex needs. Grounded in the transformative power of play, SNAP envisions a future where every child with such needs has access to timely specialist care, in a safe and nurturing environment.
Its charitable purposes
TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN (UP TO THE AGE OF 5), WITH EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ADDITIONAL COMPLEX NEEDS AND TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES BY: A) FACILITATING AND ENABLING PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT THROUGH ADAPTED PLAY AND ACTIVITIES; AND B) WORKING ALONGSIDE FAMILIES TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILD'S BEHAVIOURS AND NEEDS THROUGH ADAPTED PLAY AND ACTIVITIES
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Human rights, equality and diversity
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Disabled people
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- In Wales
- Pembrokeshire
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £160,182 and spent £143,073.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £160,182 | £143,073 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2025 | £1,000 | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 15,918%, from £1,000 in the year to 31 March 2025 to £160,182 in the year to 31 March 2026.
- Spending against income
- It spent 89% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent less than its income in each of the 2 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 3 grants to this charity since 2024, worth at least £35,000.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Dec 2025 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £15,000 |
| 20 May 2024 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £10,000 |
| 20 May 2024 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £10,000 |
Trustees
6 trustees run the charity.
- Dr Martin SimmondsChair
- Barbara Walters
- Gillian Hill
- Hannah Smyth
- Lynda Bladen
- sara john
Filing record
Of the last 2 annual returns that were due, 2 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | 31 January 2027 | Received 14 August 2026, 170 days early | Received 14 August 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 28 August 2025, 156 days early | Received 28 August 2025 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1205665
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 10 November 2023
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Nov 2023
- Website
- snapspecialistplay.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Pembrokeshire
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.