Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

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:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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 ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£395,562	£425,306	£-29,744	35

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years

https://playskill.org/

adminoffice@playskill.org

01442793306

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000	05/08/2022	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 ....more 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 ....more 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 disabilities/developmental-delay.

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

STUART JAMES SOLOWAY (Chair) Appointed: 2021

VICKY GREIG Appointed: 2023

VIMAL PARMAR Appointed: 2023

VINAY LALSODAGAR Appointed: 2023

LUCY SHARPE Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: PLAYSKILL,

PROFESSOR NINA PARISH Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeships: SOCIETY FOR FRENCH STUDIES, PLAYSKILL,

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

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

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.

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