Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

PLAYSKILL

To promote and protect the physical and mental health of children and young people with difficulties/disabilities with support,education,practical advice,recreational and leisure time activities designed to improve their conditions of life and that of their families. Also provide support and activities to develop their skills,capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity

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
31/12/23£541£520£21£87£283£1343.13630
31/12/22£396£425£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£351£396£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£420£319£102n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£364£265£99n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£216£201£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£169£144£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£122£104£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£103£93£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£103£78£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£80£66£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£66£56£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£59£53£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£36£32£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£21£20£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£21£16£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 47%
Reserves/Spending: 3.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 15
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 3 years

https://playskill.org/

adminoffice@playskill.org

01442793306

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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£509,519
Henry Smith Charity£208,800
BBC Children in Need£100,427
DCMS£72,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
Hertfordshire Community Foundation£30,000
Postcode Places Trust£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Playskill
£208,800 13/03/2024
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing play-based therapeutic support for children with severe physical and/or developmental disabilities in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
Postcode Places Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 31/07/2023
Funding enabled families with young children with physical disabilities in Hertfordshire to access life-changing new services & support.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Playskill
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Pre school therapeutic play for physically disabled children
£5,000 10/10/2022
3
Grant to Playskill
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 05/08/2022
24
Our Paediatric Therapist-led Playskill Projects in Watford and Hemel for Children aged up to 5 years with severe physical disabilities and complex difficulties, and training, support and advice for their Families/Carers
National Lottery Community Fund - New Springboard Project
£9,946 08/07/2022
The funding will be used to provide access to early intervention for children with disabilities and their families. The project will provide free specialist parent and child pre-school skills-development for children with physical ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Improving lives, building skills of families of physically disabled children
£5,000 08/03/2022
Grant to Playskill
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Playskill
£2,217 23/10/2021
We would like funds for messy play equipment, food and refreshments for parents, venue hire and therapy staffing, so our specialist playgroups can help local disabled children gain vital life skills.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 11/08/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Pre School Therapy Play Sessions for Physically Disabled Children
£5,000 14/06/2021
Grant to Playskill
National Lottery Community Fund - Playskill (Continuation)
£499,573 15/03/2021
60
The funding will help continue to develop early support for families and developmental opportunities for pre-school children with complex needs and disabilities. It would seek to embed established work with families and develop new projects in line ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Playskill
£99,927 20/12/2020
This project will deliver a skills-development playgroup for children with complex physical disabilities in Watford. The activities will result in improved gross motor, fine motor and communication skills. This request is for £99,927 over 3 years.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 18/12/2020
Paediatric Therapist led Playskill Project
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Dome Group
£10,000 19/11/2020
Grant to Playskill
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£72,000 03/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Therapeutic Play Sessions for physically disabled children and their families
£5,000 27/02/2020
Grant to Playskill
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 07/06/2019
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Dome
£10,000 30/05/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to continue running activities and sessions for children with disabilities and their families.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Playskill
£6,966 19/11/2018
Money would fund our new Gartston Group for 1 year, providing intensive specialist help for three terms.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 03/09/2018
24
Playskill - Paediatric Therapist-led Project in Watford (the Dome Project) for Children aged 2½-5 years with severe physical disabilities and complex difficulties, and their Families
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Playskill
£101,555 17/10/2017
36
Preschool skill development groups for 127 0-4 year olds with severe physical disabilities from Watford. Children will improve their gross and fine motor skills, self-care abilities and communication skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Playskill
£478,444 26/08/2015
60
A project to provide early specialist support to help develop life skills and potential for pre-school children with disabilities and their families. The scheme will provide activities focusing on skills such as standing, walking, feeding and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Playskill Watford
£184,709 15/07/2010
73
This project will deliver pre-school playgroups and associated support services to pre-school children with disabilities and their parents/carers in Watford. The expansion of the project will allow more children and parents to be targeted, as well ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW DEXTER YORK Appointed: 2021
  • CHARLOTTE JANE KOHNHORST Appointed: 2021
  • CHRISTOPHER JAMES NEALE Appointed: 2021
  • EMMA SHUMAKE Appointed: 2023
  • LUCY SHARPE Appointed: 2021
  • PROFESSOR NINA PARISH Appointed: 2021
  • STUART JAMES SOLOWAY (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • VICKY GREIG Appointed: 2023
  • VIMAL PARMAR Appointed: 2023
  • VINAY LALSODAGAR Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/03/2022, number: 1198233
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
16 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from PLAYSKILL on 04/06/2024
Main office

C/o Adeyfield Free Church Centre
Maylands Avenue
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
Hertfordshire
HP2 4GZ

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES / DISABILITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE. 2) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES/DISABILITIES THROUGH: (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND THE LIFE OF THEIR FAMILIES; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. 3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF CARERS AND SIBLINGS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES / DISABILITIES AND OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OTHER RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES / DISABILITIES AND OF THEIR FAMILIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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