Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 4
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

SHAKESPEARE WALK ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

we contributing to the development of individual young people's social, emotional and physical development and provide benefits to the local community, promoting their spiritual, physical and mental well being through outdoor play - wooden structures, sand pit, den building, gardening, growing and cooking. Indoor play - soft play room, arts and crafts.also team games - football, ping pong.
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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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£138£122£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£120£118£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£93£89£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£78£71£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£80£78£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£82£82£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£74£74£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£77£93£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£65£43£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years
(14 years as a company)

www.swapa.org.uk

helloswapa@swapa.org.uk

0207 249 8405

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Hackney,
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
DCMS - National Lottery Project Grants
£26,427 29/03/2023
National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Shakespeare Walk Adventure Playground
£3,125 24/10/2020
Shakespeare Walk Adventure Playground is passionate about holding community events that involve gardening, cooking, arts and crafts.
London Marathon Charitable Trust - To provide a new item of play equipment
£7,800 10/12/2014
Towards a new item of play equipment

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-52
  • CHIARA FARINA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Teacher
  • KATHERINE MENGARDON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Creativity And Play Education Specialist
  • MARA BODIS-WOLLNER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Artist
  • NITASHA KAPOOR (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Anthropologist, Social Researcher
  • ARIANE HANMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Forensic Psychologist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/04/2014, number: 1156526
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/06/2010, number: 07289310
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 risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

69 Shakespeare Walk
Hackney
London
N16 8TB

Objectives

THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN RESIDENT IN STOKE NEWINGTON, BEING FACILITIES (A) OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED BY WAY OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES;(B)WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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