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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THE PARASOL PROJECT 

The charity provides inclusive play and leisure activities for children, teenagers and young adults from Oxford and surrounding areas. Disabled and non-disabled children, teenagers and young adults participate in activities together primarily during school holidays. Some activities - dance, youth group and Parasol Plus for young adults - run throughout the year.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

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
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£292,110£333,460£-41,35040
31/03/22£226,672£257,076£-30,40440
31/03/21£0£0£00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.parasolproject.org

info@parasolproject.org

01865742816

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 40 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Northway Community Hub and Volunteering Project
£215,739 03/08/2023
This funding will enable The Parasol Project to create the Northway Community Hub and Volunteering Project which would support a volunteering programme and year-round activities for disabled and ....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 24/03/2020, number: 1188736
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE PARASOL PROJECT
MALTFIELD ROAD
HEADINGTON
OXFORD
OX3 9RG

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OXFORDSHIRE WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND/OR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS AGED BETWEEN 18 AND 30 (“THE BENEFICIARIES”), THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR INCLUSIVE AND AGE APPROPRIATE PLAY, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH THE BENEFICIARIES MAY HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND/OR THEIR DISABILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY:(A) PROMOTING THE BENEFICIARIES’ EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL BEING AND DEVELOPMENT, THEREBY HELPING TO IMPROVE THE BENEFICIARIES’ QUALITY OF LIFE(B) PROVIDING TRULY INCLUSIVE, FUN AND SAFE PLACES WHERE THE BENEFICIARIES CAN SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FRIENDS(C) PROMOTING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIESAND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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