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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

ABBEYDALE PLAYGROUP

PLAYGROUP FOR 2YRS TO 5 YEARS
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/08/23£133£116£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£108£94£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£76£99£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£86£82£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£90£84£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£90£81£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£86£79£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£84£78£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£80£82£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£76£59£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£70£55£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£70£65£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£62£65£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£62£60£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£66£60£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/08£60£58£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07£58£56£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06*£46£45£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£41£43£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

Www.abbeydaleplaygroup.co.uk

abbeydale@eygloucestershire.co.uk

07775890544

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Child day-care services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • LAUREN PHIPPS Appointed: 2022
  • LYNETTE DOCKSEY Appointed: 2024
  • MARTINE LAMB Appointed: 2020
  • REBECCA RUSSELL Appointed: 2022
  • VICKI SMYTH (Chair) Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2004, number: 1107345
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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR06: 3 days late,
Main office

Abbeydale Playgroup
Matson House
Matson Lane
Matson
GLOUCESTER
GL4 6ED

Objectives

THE AIM OF THE GROUP IS TO EMBODY THE VISION OF PATA THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND ALSO OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY (VOLUNTARY MANAGED) GROUPS AND BY: (A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY (B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREA

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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