Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

BUSY BODS AT YSGOL BODFARI 

Provider of childcare - Playgroup, After School Club and Holiday Club for children aged 2 to 12 within a school setting.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£50£36£13n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/22£34£34£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/21£25£21£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/20£24£22£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/19£24£22£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/18£16£14£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£21£18£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.ysgolbodfari.co.uk

ysgol.bodfari@denbighshire.gov.uk

01745710329

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Child day-care services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Denbighshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Busy Bods Holiday Club
£5,000 12/04/2017
12
Busy Bods at Ysgol Bodfari in Denbighshire will use the grant to build upon their pilot wraparound school childcare, providing a much needed service to families that attend the school. This grant for ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/10/2016, number: 1169874
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
  • Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Ysgol Bodfari
Bodfari
DENBIGH
LL16 4DA

Objectives

THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO IS:TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRE-SCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PUPILS AT BUSY BODS AT YSGOL BODFARI BY PROVIDING PLAYGROUP, AFTER-SCHOOL AND HOLIDAY CARE IN PARTICULAR TO PREPARE PRE-SCHOOL AND NURSERY CHILDREN IN AND AROUND BODFARI IN DENBIGHSHIRE WITH THE BASIC NUMERACY, LITERACY AND SOCIAL SKILLS NEEDED TO PREPARE THEM FOR ENTRY INTO THE FOUNDATION PHASE. TO PROVIDE A FACILITY FOR CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN AN ISOLATED, RURAL AREA WHO LIVE AWAY FROM THE LEISURE FACILITIES OF URBAN AREAS, TO HAVE ACCESS TO STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED PLAY ACTIVITIES AND TO SOCIALISE AND DEVELOP FRIENDSHIP GROUPS.IN ADDITION TO PROVIDE AFTER-SCHOOL AND HOLIDAY CARE FOR CHILDREN FROM 3 YEARS OF AGE TO 12 YEARS OF AGE, IN AND AROUND BODFARI IN DENBIGHSHIRE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GAMES, AN AWARENESS OF GROWING AND COOKING HEALTHY FOOD, ART AND CRAFT ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE THINKING SKILLS.FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN OF PRE-SCHOOL AND PRIMARY AGED CHILDREN IN THE AREA, AND TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY LINKS IN A RURAL AREA, BY PROVIDING A WRAP-ROUND CARE FACILITY FOR CHILDREN TO ENABLE PARENTS / CARERS TO ACCESS CHILDCARE PROVISION CLOSE TO HOME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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