Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

HACKNEY PLAYBUS 

HACKNEY PLAYBUS DELIVERS MOBILE PLAY AND OUTREACH SERVICES IN ORDER TO MAKE PLAY AND LEARNING ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN 0-4 YEARS, TO SUPPORT PARENTING CONFIDENCE, TO CONNECT FAMILIES TO SUPPORT SERVICES, TO COMBAT ISOLATION AND BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/03/23£198£231£-32n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/03/22£187£208£-21n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/21£233£184£49n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/20£188£184£4n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£162£130£32n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/18£108£119£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£204£160£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£70£49£20£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

http://hackneyplaybus.org/

info@hackneyplaybus.org

07973183607

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 26 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£456,701
City Bridge Trust£430,207
Hackney Council£105,231
BBC Children in Need£94,290
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£48,637
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Masonic Trust£15,000
Co-Operative Group£5,944
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hackney Playbus
£418,374 04/01/2024
£418,374 over 5 years (£77,660; £78,515; £83,297; £87,355; £91,547) to support the project costs of the Playbus service for vulnerable parents and carers with children under five across the ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Playbus
£44,908 19/04/2023
Weekly outdoor Playbus sessions for children under five and their carers in five of Hackney’s neighbourhoods and associated outreach to enable us to encourage attendance and engagement from ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hackney Playbus
£437,034 07/03/2023
The funding will be used to provide a mobile play and learning support service for children under five years of age alongside their families in the Hackney area. The project aims to be an information ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hackney Playbus 50th Birthday and Reunion Project
£9,980 14/10/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a series of children's parties and events for families. The project aims to address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic enabling people from low income backgrounds ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Hackney Playbus
£48,637 26/01/2022
We want to take play/support services to children 0-4 and their parents/carers across Hackney, bringing isolated/impoverished/marginalised families together, building networks and linking them into ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hackney Playbus
£94,290 10/08/2021
Play sessions for pre-school children living in temporary accommodation in Hackney. By attending sessions children will improve their physical skills development, strengthen their bond with their ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 24/02/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 04/12/2020
Hackney Playbus core cost contribution
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hackney Playbus
£11,833 05/06/2020
£11,833 towards three months of expenditure on costs as outlined in your application.
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Hackney Playbus
£4,976 22/04/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Hackney Playbus, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Playbus
£4,543 10/12/2019
12
Hackney Playbus will strengthen our connections with the social prescribing link workers based in Hackney?s GP surgeries and build strong referral pathways into Playbus services where socially ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hackney Playbus
£5,944 15/11/2019
We want to deliver free weekly play sessions for families with children under school age, across the borough of Hackney in 2019 and 2020.
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Playbus
£55,780 28/10/2019
24
Hackney Playbus will deliver a minimum of 440 Playbus sessions across Hackney 1/4/20 to 31/3/22 for children 0-4 and their parents & carers, alongside a comprehensive outreach programme to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hackney Playbus on Well Street Common
£9,687 14/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver community play sessions and provide signposting support. The project aims to provide opportunities for children and families to build strong relationships across ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 26/11/2018
Hackney Playbus
Greater London Authority - London Family Fund
£26,147 01/09/2018
The Family Fund supports organisations that are bringing diverse families together for support and common purpose. The fund aims to improve parents social networks, reduce social isolation and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Daubeney Fields Funday
£7,080 18/05/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver a community engagement event. The project aims to encourage local people to participate in a range of activities developing positive social relationships and bring ....more
The Fore - Grant to Hackney Playbus
£30,000 01/04/2018
12
Hackney Playbus (HP) delivers a mobile play service for children and their families via converted double decker buses across Hackney, Waltham Forest and Tower Hamlets, where high proportions of ....more
The Fore - Grant to Hackney Playbus
£30,000 29/03/2018
12
With support from The Fore, Hackney Playbus will dramatically expand their volunteer programme. This will enable services to be extended and increase the resilience of the organisation in the ....more
Youth Music - London Rhymes
£29,403 07/07/2017
London Rhymes
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/10/2015, number: 1163792
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
8 returns made; AR16: 102 days late,
Main office

80A Eastway
LONDON
E9 5JH

Objectives

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR GROUP PLAY IN WHICH THE CHILDREN'S PARENTS/CARERS CAN PARTICIPATE WHERE APPROPRIATE; (2) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY OR SURROUNDING BOROUGHS SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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