Finance Score: -11
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -5 times
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

ST JOHN'S GREEN PLAYGROUP LTD 

Playgroup offering pre-school children places for government funded and privately funded sessions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 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
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 5 occasions over the last 5 years
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 12 years

sjgpg81@gmail.com

01206530665

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/22*£141£161£-21n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/21*£126£126£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/20*£136£101£35n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/19*£107£93£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/18*£95£115£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£101£91£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16*£63£57£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£53£53£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£59£66£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£42£38£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-75
  • TINA BOURNE (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Management Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/06/2012, number: 1147606
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/07/2010, number: 07301384
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR22: 94 days late, AR21: 459 days late, AR20: 824 days late, AR19: 356 days late, AR18: 199 days late, AR16: 2 days late,
Main office

ST. JOHNS GREEN CP SCHOOL
38 ST. JOHNS GREEN
COLCHESTER
CO2 7HE

Objectives

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY 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 WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITYB) 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 AREASC) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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