Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

SPRINGBOARD CHIPPENHAM

Springboard provides playgroup sessions for pre-school children from birth to 5 years old with special needs, and a support and information service for parents and carers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£338£334£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£324£302£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£310£324£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£367£281£85n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£288£295£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£239£240£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£235£225£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£201£221£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£224£210£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£201£199£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£200£186£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£157£210£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£178£217£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£162£154£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£150£127£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£158£117£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£156£97£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£113£90£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£104£82£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£66£77£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 33 years

www.springboardchippenham.co.uk

business@springboardchippenham.co.uk

01249657145

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Child day-care services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
BBC Children in Need£33,501
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,756
Masonic Trust£15,500
Wiltshire Community Foundation£13,070
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Springboard North Wilts Opportunity Group
£1,750 22/02/2023
Staff costs for supporting special needs pre-school children and their families to use PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System).
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Springboard North Wilts Opportunity Group
£5,000 14/12/2022
Springboard Chippenham provides early development support to pre-school children with special needs and their families. Funding will help with staff costs to support families to use PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System).
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Springboard Chippenham
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - The Makaton Project
£10,000 30/08/2022
The funding will be used to provide members of staff specialising in the use of Makaton at their centre which provides support to pre-school children with special needs. The project aims to help children develop their language and communication ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£12,500 04/02/2022
24
Funding for Core Costs
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 25/01/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Wiltshire Community Foundation - High Sheriff Donor Advised
£1,322 06/09/2021
Grant to Springboard North Wilts Opportunity Group
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Springboard Chippenham
£30,404 30/07/2021
This project will provide play activity sessions for disabled pre-school children. The project aims to improve relationships between children and their carer, improve play skills and increase communication skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Makaton Project
£9,756 27/05/2021
The organisation will use the funding to employ members of staff specialising in the use of Makaton (a language programme) at a centre for children with disabilities.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 26/05/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 17/07/2020
Springboard Chippenham 2020/2021 Academic year Costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Springboard Chippenham
£2,597 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will pay for additional stay and play sessions for disabled children and their families delivered remotely, isolated due to COVID-19. This will improve parent and child relationships and build confidence.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Pictures are Powerful (based on the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
£4,998 11/06/2020
35
Staff costs for supporting special needs pre-school children and their families to use PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System).
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,597 22/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Pictures are Powerful based on Picture Exchange Communication System (PECs)
£2,987 24/10/2018
Springboard support pre-school children with special needs and their families. Funding will contribute towards staff time and training.
National Lottery Community Fund - Giving a child a voice
£9,913 28/09/2018
12
The funding will be used to fund training costs for staff members. The project aims to support pre-school children living with disability in developing communication skills.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Springboard Opportunity Playgroup
£29,905 10/05/2017
36
This project will provide play activity sessions to pre-school children and young people with learning disabilities. The project aims to improve relationships between children and their carer, improve play skills and increase communication skills.
True Colours Trust - Saturdads project
£5,000 12/07/2016
Saturdads project
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Springboard North Wilts Opportunity Group
£5,962 15/05/2015
24
Springboard is an opportunity pre-school for children under 5 with special needs,which supports on average 45 families at any one time. The grant supported training and development for the staff team.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Families with young children with disabilities and other additio
£108,850 12/07/2011
36
This project aims to provide support for the parents and carers of pre-school age, disabled children, including those with physical and mental disabilities, sensory impairment, autistic spectrum disorder and language, communication and socialisation ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-64
  • ANGELA EVERETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Send & Inclusion Consultant
  • CHRISTOPHER TERENCE NUNN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Engineer
  • ELAINE SUSAN STEWART Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Not Working Currently
  • JESSICA LIGHT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Pharmacy Dispencer
  • KIT ROBERT HAWKINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • PAUL GEORGE SWEET Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • YASMIN ANDERSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Compliance Information Administrator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/04/1992, number: 1010231
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/03/1992, number: 02698820
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE NORTH WILTS HOLIDAY CLUB FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS on 14/07/2020
Main office

King's Centre
Lodge Road
Chippenham
SN15 3SY

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SAFE AND STIMULATING GROUP PLAY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OF PRE-SCHOOL AGE IN NORTH WILTSHIRE AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE PARENTS, CARERS AND FAMILIES BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH WILTSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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