# THE SPECIAL LIONESS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1187356
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Jan. 14, 2020
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1187356


## Contact

- **Address:** 4 Baird Close, WASHINGTON, Tyne And Wear
- **Postcode:** NE37 3HL
- **Phone:** 07970416825
- **Email:** info@thespeciallioness.com
- **Website:** thespeciallioness.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES BASED IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS BY PROVIDING WEEKLY SUPPORT GROUPS AND HOLIDAY PLAY GROUPS FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

**Activities:** Based in North East offering support groups, holiday play groups, events. Giving families a safe place to meet and enable families living outside the local area an opportunity to connect with others in similar situations. Creating a safe and accessible place to explore and enable some form of socialisation with other families in the same situation and allow siblings to interact with other siblings




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Cumbria
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- North Tyneside
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £163058 | £137986 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £64639 | £71297 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £58405 | £39206 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £18494 | £17593 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £12444 | £6482 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Claire Stewart** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 14, 2021
- Amy Howes — appointed Jan. 14, 2020
- Caroline Joanne Oliver — appointed June 20, 2025
- Joy-Rose Colwill — appointed April 10, 2025
- Justine Miller — appointed Jan. 25, 2023
- Lauren Jenny Brown — appointed Sept. 25, 2025
- Paula Louise Windram — appointed March 6, 2025