Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -12 ?

TAVERNSPITE PLAYGROUP 

An Estyn registered playgroup, offering preschool childcare for children 2 and a half years of age up to 4 years of age. The playgroup is based in the village of Tavernspite and runs from 9am to 12pm, Monday to Friday excluding the first Friday of the month, school holidays and inset days.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
31/07/23?*£59£51£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/21*£45£36£8n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/07/20£34£32£2n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/07/19*£32£33£-1n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/07/18£39£34£5£0£0£0n/a04
31/07/17£28£27£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£22£26£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£30£29£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£20£21£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£26£22£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£25£29£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£26£24£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£29£26£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09*£23£28£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£21£19£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£17£16£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£16£16£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£22£22£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

tavernspiteplaygroup@icloud.com

07845980559

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Pembrokeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/10/2022, number: 1200766
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR23: 32 days late, AR21: 23 days late, AR19: 2 days late, AR09: 652 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from TAVERNSPITE PLAYGROUP on 16/03/2023
Main office

Tavernspite Village Hall
Tavernspite
Pembrokeshire
SA34 0NL

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN WALES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEEDS THROUGH HIGH QUALITY CHILDCAREPROVISION.

Data Sources

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