Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -5

THE PLAYWORK FOUNDATION

Provides Advocacy, advice and information; Sponsors Or Undertakes Research; Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body for Playworkers and Playwork

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

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 has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/03/23	£121	£1,087	£-966
31/03/22	£5,025	£1,589	£3,436
31/03/21	£40	£120	£-80
31/03/20	£40	£120	£-80
31/03/19	£2,535	£0	£2,535

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.playworkfoundation.org

sion@playworkfoundation.org.uk

07718028753

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Scientific research and testing services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

SHAUN EDWARDS Appointed: 2018

ANNE-MARIE MACKIN Appointed: 2021

HELEN STEPHENSON Appointed: 2021

JULIA GREEN Appointed: 2018

MARGARET ANNE STOBART Appointed: 2019

PENELOPE MARY DUNN WILSON Appointed: 2022

SIMON JOHN BAZLEY Appointed: 2019

SIMON RIX Appointed: 2018

ALISON WOOD Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: MERIDEN ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION,

KAREN BENJAMIN Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: PLAY TORBAY,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/01/2018, number: 1176557

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

53 AVERSLEY ROAD
BIRMINGHAM
B38 8PD

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCHILDREN’S PLAY AND PLAYWORK, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY (I) PROVIDINGINFORMATION, (II) RAISING AWARENESS, (III) FACILITATING DISCOURSE (IV) CARRYING OUT RESEARCHAND (V) BUILDING CAPACITY.NOTESFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘CHILDREN’S PLAY’ MEANS THE FREELY CHOSENPROCESS, PERSONALLY DIRECTED AND INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED BY CHILDREN ANDYOUNG PEOPLE. THAT IS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE DETERMINE AND CONTROL THECONTENT AND INTENT OF THEIR PLAY, BY FOLLOWING THEIR OWN INSTINCTS, IDEAS ANDINTERESTS, IN THEIR OWN WAY FOR THEIR OWN REASONS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘PLAYWORK’ MEANS THE PROFESSION OR VOCATIONDEDICATED TO THE PLAYWORK PRINCIPLES, AS DEFINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THEPLAYWORK PRINCIPLES SCRUTINY GROUP, OR WHICHEVER RECOGNISED BODY MAY SUCCEEDIT IN SUCH ROLE (SEE APPENDIX 2 FOR THE CURRENT PLAYWORK PRINCIPLES).

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