Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

PLAY TORBAY

Over 9,000 individual activities delivered to over 3,057 individual children and young people age 4-19 in one year.Resulting in over 22,000 individual play opportunities. 89.7% of these children are marginalised in some way: looked after, young carers, disabled, low income, families with complex needs.BUT when they're with us they're not wearing labels ? they just love to PLAY and have fun!
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • 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
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
30/06/23£319£354£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£353£352£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21*£362£316£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£309£245£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19*£216£164£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£241£222£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£228£235£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16£223£217£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£291£301£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£366£483£-117n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13£460£427£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12*£335£249£86n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11*£128£87£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.playtorbay.org.uk

admin@playtorbay.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Child day-care services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Torbay,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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£161,434
Devon Community Foundation£13,045
Sport England£4,125
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - ASRUS – Football coaching for those with SEND
£4,125 18/10/2023
10
This project will continue the delivery of weekly football sessions targeted at children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions.
National Lottery Community Fund - PlayMentor
£158,782 30/08/2023
This funding will support a mentoring and support scheme for young people parents carers and families living in Torbay. The project aims to provide opportunities to develop skills increase confidence and improve pathways to employment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Coronation Breakfast at Indigos Goes Green
£2,652 28/03/2023
The funding will be used to organise a breakfast party and a day of outdoor play activities for children and young people to mark the King’s Coronation. The project aims to bring local families together and enable children to learn about the ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Indigos Goes Green 2023
£4,700 02/03/2023
Information boards and booklets to engage children and families with environmental projects at an outdoor playground.
Devon Community Foundation - Indigos Goes Green Jubilee Party
£7,000 21/04/2022
To deliver arts programme to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June 2022
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 PLAY PACKS - Family support project
£1,345 23/04/2020
Grant to Play Torbay
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Play Torbay
£10,000 06/06/2019
Dartington Quest
National Lottery Community Fund - Come Into Play
£398,511 27/11/2018
36
The project will develop and run informal parent carer support groups and provide outreach for isolated families. The project will provide a space for parent carers with shared experience to talk and have access to support and specialist training.
National Lottery Community Fund - IMAGINE THIS…consultation with young people in Torbay
£8,500 07/07/2017
12
This group will use the funding to conduct a consultation exercise with young people locally, including focus groups, social media research and radio market research. This will provide people with the opportunity to have their say in how the service ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Bay Play
£444,360 18/05/2015
36
Play Torbay (PT) in Torbay, Devon, aim to provide fully inclusive play opportunities for disadvantaged young people (YP) and children (CYP) and to create improved community cohesion with families. Local people will also be empowered and supported to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Play Torbay
£2,390 10/06/2014
towards an overnight trip to an activity centre in Cornwall for a group of disadvantaged children from Devon
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Play Torbay
£29,600 05/06/2013
The Quest Play Heritage Trail
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Play Torbay
£17,500 29/06/2012
the salaries of the Office Manager and Finance Officer, staff running costs and core office costs
National Lottery Community Fund - 3 Bay Ventures
£335,104 12/10/2011
48
This is an expansion of an existing project by Play Torbay which will benefit three disadvantaged areas of Torbay - Hele in Torquay, Blatchcombe in Paignton and Summercombe in Brixham. The project will help the local communities build and develop ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - INDIGOs goes Wilder
£10,000 04/03/2011
12
This charity in Torbay will use funding to develop the site of their adventure playground. This will improve access to a local community green space and provide enhanced play opportunities for all local youngsters, including those with disabilities.
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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: 45-65
  • ANNA GILROY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Freelance Artist - Producer
  • JENNIFER CLAIRE FORSYTH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Specialist Attachment Practitioner
  • KAREN BENJAMIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Lecturer Drama University Of Gloucestershir
  • KATRINA ANN BROOKS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Peer Support Mentor
  • STEVEN CHOWN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Project Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/08/2010, number: 1137551
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/06/2010, number: 07269045
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR21: 6 days late, AR19: 35 days late, AR12: 27 days late, AR11: 151 days late,
Main office

Play Torbay
Rowan Way
BRIXHAM
Devon
TQ5 0SB

Objectives

1. TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF TORBAY THROUGH PLAY.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN'S PLAY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

TORBAY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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