Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 8

PLAY GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Play Gloucestershire develop playful communities with active children. Our aim is that all children and young people in Gloucestershire should have regular and easy access to high quality, free and inclusive places for play and recreation. We provide play delivery, play advocacy and therapeutic play nurture. Volunteering is an important part of our work and our message is "Get Out and Play!"

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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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		£247	£324	£-77	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23		£346	£259	£87	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£514	£265	£249	£0	£386	£193	8.7	6	2
31/03/21		£233	£229	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?		£222	£203	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£193	£178	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£178	£190	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£156	£168	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£195	£159	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£128	£163	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£173	£146	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£158	£195	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£348	£340	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10	*	£350	£345	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 16 years

www.playgloucestershire.org.uk

info@playgloucestershire.org.uk

01452505548

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Child day-care services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire,

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	£240,119
DCMS	£73,097
Henry Smith Charity	£20,000
Sport England	£4,830

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Play2Nurture
£240,119	24/06/2021	The funding will be used to run self-guided and interactive play sessions for school aged children alongside trained staff to help build resilience and cope with adversity.
Sport England - Potentials Fund
£4,830	29/10/2020 42	Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Potentials Fund. This project is a Sports development project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£73,097	28/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Play Gloucestershire
£20,000	10/12/2019 24	towards two years' running costs of a project providing support and opportunities for disadvantaged and rurally isolated children and young people in Gloucestershire
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Friends of Ayland Gardens
£9,757	15/08/2019 12	Young Friends of Ayland Gardens
Sport England - Potentials Fund
£129,512	01/11/2017 36	Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Potentials Fund'. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Potentials Fund
£129,512	01/11/2017 42	Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Potentials Fund. This project is a Sports development project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Play Gloucestershire
£19,980	08/12/2016 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing support and opportunities for play to disadvantaged and rurally isolated children and young people in Gloucestershire
Tudor Trust - Grant to Play Gloucestershire
£7,500	08/06/2016 6	over six months towards the salary of the Director of Play at a county-wide play organisation offering open access outdoor play
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Play Gloucestershire
£9,530	12/06/2014	towards one year's salary of a part-time Volunteer Co-ordinator at a project that works in urban parks and rural green spaces, providing free outdoor active play, sports and arts activities to school-aged children
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Play Gloucestershire
£9,500	13/06/2012 24	towards two years' salary of a part time Co-ordinator working with disadvantaged young people in Gloucester

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-74

DIANE MAUTTERER (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Trust Manager

JENNIE WILSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

KAY CHRISTINE LILLINGTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Landscape Architect

LINDSAY JANE BRIDGEMAN CHAPLIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Training Consultant

MATTHEW GUY ARTHUR Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Business Architect, Nationwide B/So

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/11/2008, number: 1126562
Registered at Companies House on 25/05/2007, number: 06260058

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR10: 11 days late,

Main office

UNIT R7-R9
CITY WORKS
ALFRED STREET
GLOUCESTER
GL1 4DF

Objectives

THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDING IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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