Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

ELHAP

ELHAP offers adventure play to children, young people and adult with disabilities and special needs from North East London and Essex areas. It is ELHAPs aim and purpose to ensure that all our children and young people, regardless of ability or dis-ability, have the opportunity to access our adventure playground to have fun, be challenged and to enjoy themselves.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/03/23£689£737£-47£29£205£12024443
31/03/22£663£701£-38£0£253£2003.4478
31/03/21£758£677£81£25£291£2384.26416
31/03/20£923£918£5£61£210£1882.55294
31/03/19£753£685£68£49£205£17435250
31/03/18£683£686£-3£50£137£1182.1510
31/03/17£590£626£-36£55£140£1312.5490
31/03/16£498£525£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£499£514£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£566£575£-9£15£218£2054.3170
31/03/13£547£566£-19£20£227£2104.4140
31/03/12£476£483£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£485£426£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£464£437£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£401£353£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£367£363£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£374£318£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£311£351£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£321£328£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£243£245£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 58%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 5.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 25 years

www.elhap.org.uk

info@elhap.org.uk

02085502636

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, Essex, Hackney, Redbridge, Waltham Forest,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£62,208
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
London Marathon Charitable Trust£15,300
Co-Operative Group£11,818
CAF£6,990
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ELHAP (Every Life Has A Purpose)
£3,147 21/10/2023
We would like to provide local young people with the opportunity to volunteer at ELHAP to improve their opportunities, skill development, mental wellbeing and to make a difference.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 07/08/2023
Supporting children and young people with disabilities by providing access to nature and adventure play
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Young Carers Holiday Scheme
£9,904 21/07/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a range of activities including adventure play bushcraft and trips out to young carers aged 11-16 during the summer holidays. The project aims to provide a diversion from antisocial behaviour and opportunities to ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ELHAP ("Every Life Has A Purpose")
£2,106 22/10/2022
We would like to pay a community gardener to run nature workshops with disabled children and young people. Access to nature and fresh air improves childrens' physical and emotional wellbeing.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to ELHAP
£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 - Adventure Play for All
£9,999 23/09/2022
The funding will be used to continue the groups delivery of indoor and outdoor play activities for children and young people living with complex learning disabilities. The project aims to help develop skills connect with the local community and ....more
The Childhood Trust - Adventure Play for All 2022
£5,000 12/06/2022
To support local children who have disabilities and other needs who have been disadvantaged by the limitations and restrictions imposed by the Covid19 pandemic. We will provide adventure play opportunities to help build up children's self-esteem and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ELHAP ("Every Life Has A Purpose")
£3,657 23/10/2021
We would like to increase staffing, give online external workshops and send out play packs, to support local children, young people and adults with disabilities and their families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Be Wild and Thrive
£7,500 24/09/2021
The funding is being used to support a new Nature Play service based in a three acre woodland in East London that will provide play activities for children and young people with learning disabilities and complex needs in London and the South East. ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ELHAP (Every Life Has A Purpose)
£2,908 24/10/2020
We would like to provide range of sensory workshops and trips for disabled children to give them once-in-a lifetime experiences.
CAF - Grant to ELHAP ("Every Life Has A Purpose")
£6,990 01/07/2020
3
Grant to ELHAP ("Every Life Has A Purpose") to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - ELHAP Connects (COVID-19 Emergency Support Service)
£25,000 18/06/2020
6
ELHAP will use the funding for an online and phone support service to help children young people and adults with learning disabilities and their families or carers in East London feel connected and stay active.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to ELHAP
£3,500 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund emergency support services for learning disabled children and young people who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help reduce their sense of isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteering & Community Engagement Pilot Project
£9,805 27/03/2020
6
The organisation will use the funding to help build the capacity of the organisation and improve the amount of volunteers. This will help to create an inclusive community hub for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities across ....more
London Marathon Charitable Trust - New soft play facility for children and young people (CYP) with disabilities in East London
£15,300 11/03/2020
towards refurbishing the indoor soft play facility at ELHAP Adventure Playground, to enable children and young people with disabilities to have all-year round access to play opportunities in a stimulating and safe environment.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ELHAP'S Wild Woodland Workshops
£2,940 15/11/2019
We want to buy resources and equipment for wild, creative workshops aimed at disadvantaged and disabled children and young people.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to ELHAP
£98,083 28/02/2019
36
This project will provide indoor and outdoor recreational activities to young people with a range of learning and behavioural difficulties. Activities will improve physical health, develop life skills and improve relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - ELHAP - Sensory Woodland Project
£10,000 11/10/2012
12
This is a project by a charity in Redbridge. The group will use the funding to develop a sensory play space and run educational workshops for disabled children and young people. This will create a play facility to develop the beneficiaries learning ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - ELHAP Woodland Orchard Regeneration
£10,000 04/03/2011
12
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Essex. The group will use funding to develop a woodland management plan that will support the preservation and protection of a currently inaccessible and overgrown woodland orchard. This will conserve ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-75
  • DANAE LEAMAN-HILL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Fundraising Director
  • DAVID EDWARD CHARLTON (Chair) Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Retired
  • ELAINE MARGARET CROSSLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • KELVIN HA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Grants Officer
  • MUHAMMAD SHARIF CHOWDHURY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Corporate Partnerships Officer
  • NEIL MCCARTHY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Assistant Director
  • OCEAN NAGULESWARAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • PENNY FORDHAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • SUMEET RAWAL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Physiotherapist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1999, number: 1077508
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/01/1999, number: 03697053
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
  • Internal risk management 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; AR06: 338 days late, AR05: 36 days late, AR04: 68 days late,
Main office

119 RODING LANE NORTH
WOODFORD BRIDGE
ESSEX
IG8 8NA

Objectives

TO RELIEVE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF VISION, HEARING AND PERCEPTION, AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ADVENTURE PLAY AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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