Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

PITSMOOR ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

To manage and run a children's adventure playground in the Pitsmoor and Burngreave areas of Sheffield and surrounding areas.To provide facilities for the community in the interests of social welfare and for education, recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for residents.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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£217£215£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£171£192£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£215£170£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£150£170£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£143£126£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£151£133£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£97£127£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£110£110£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£148£79£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.pitsmooradventure.org

info@pitsmooradventure.org

01142737121

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Sports & recreational facilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£180,000
BBC Children in Need£108,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Leeds Community Foundation£8,784
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Pitsmoor Adventure Playground
£108,000 05/06/2023
36
This grant will provide a community playground facility. Children and young people will have access to inclusive play opportunities, be healthier and happier, and gain valuable life skills through positive play experiences.
Leeds Community Foundation - Burngreave Fuel Action
£8,784 14/10/2022
This project aims to alleviate hardship associated with fuel poverty and promote innovative energy-related environmental impact and energy efficiency by training key frontline workers and volunteers in domestic energy efficiency and then cascading ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 03/09/2021
Pitsmoor Adventure Playground
National Lottery Community Fund - Pitsmoor Adventure Playground 2
£180,000 26/04/2021
The funding will be used to continue to maintain and develop the adventure playground providing open access play opportunities for children and young people in Burngreave Sheffield. The park and staff will support children and young people from ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Pitsmoor Adventure Playground
£125,145 27/06/2018
36
This project will deliver adventure play sessions to children and young people from a disadvantaged area in Sheffield. Young people will feel safer, have an increased sense of belonging and have improved life skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Pitsmoor Adventure Playground
£195,000 15/01/2018
36
The group will run adventure play activities for children and young people. This will encourage young people to become active citizens who care about their local community, and it will bring young people together from different backgrounds to create ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Pitsmoor Food Adventures
£6,230 05/07/2017
12
The group will deliver healthy cooking and eating workshops for children, alongside a series of celebratory events to incorporate food from different cultures. This will encourage people from different backgrounds to showcase their culture through ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Pitsmoor Adventure Playground CIO
£40,000 06/10/2016
24
over two years towards the salary and associated costs of the playground manager at a community-led adventure playground in Burngreave, Sheffield
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • JILL PORTMAN Appointed: 2014
  • JULIA SEXTON Appointed: 2014
  • LAURA WATKINS Appointed: 2015
  • NAWEL MOHSIN OBIED Appointed: 2020
  • NICOLA ANN RAILTON Appointed: 2020
  • SONAM NAWAZ Appointed: 2016
  • YANINA KOSZALINSKI (Chair) Appointed: 2014
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/04/2014, number: 1156611
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
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o 122 Burngreave Road
Sheffield
S3 9DE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE PITSMOOR AND BURNGREAVE AREAS OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ELSEWHERE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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