Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 8

ADVENTURE PLAY HUB LTD

The Charity's principle activity is to provide , maintain, and manage an Adventure Playground, for the benefit of local children, with the objective of contributing to their health and well being, and promoting their recreational, educational, physical and emotional development.

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?

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
31/03/23		£191	£197	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£173	£192	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£151	£119	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£109	£122	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£112	£108	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£120	£117	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£119	£109	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£120	£147	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£108	£135	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	*	£135	£115	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£142	£147	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	*	£105	£129	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.adventureplayground.org.uk

adstjohnsadventureplayground@btconnect.com

02075861884

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of Westminster,

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Adventure Play Hub
£2,500	17/12/2022	Cost-of-Living Uplift
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Adventure Play Hub
£4,000	15/06/2021	Summer Holidays 2021 @ Adventure Play Hub
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Adventure Play Hub
£75,000	10/03/2021 36	Adventure Playhub Core Programme
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,800	01/09/2020	"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."
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Adventure Play Hub
£6,000	04/08/2020 12	Summer Play Provision

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-62

ANI ELIZABETH MEEHAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

ANN-MARIE CASCARINO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Advertising Consultant

GEOFFREY CARPENTER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

LINDA MEEHAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Operations Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/03/2011, number: 1141000
Registered at Companies House on 26/07/2010, number: 07325481

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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

12 returns made; AR14: 111 days late, AR12: 115 days late,

Main office

ST. JOHNS WOOD ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND
ST. JOHNS WOOD TERRACE
LONDON
NW8 6LP

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN AN INCLUSIVE ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PLAY AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE THROUGH PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF WESTMINSTER

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