Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

    KIDDIES CASTLE EARLY YEARS

    3. Objects 3.1 The Group is established to promote play based learning environments for all children under statutory school age (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries) of the area served Castledawson and its surrounding environs in County Londonderry (hereinafter called the area of benefit") without distinction of age, gender, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, and in particular a) to advance the education of the beneficiaries by the provision of safe and satisfying group play, with the right of parents/carers to take responsibility for and to become involved in.the activities of the group; and to promote the preservation of health of the beneficiaries; and b) to support the values and principles of Early Years.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Year end 28/12/17 28/12/18 28/12/20 28/02/22 28/02/23
    Income £114,357 £111,158 £114,073 £105,779 £111,467
    Spending £120,254 £108,078 £105,834 £114,073 £109,440
    Surplus/deficit -£5,897 £3,080 £8,239 -£8,294 £2,027
    Established: 9 years

    kiddiescastle1@gmail.com

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • The advancement of education
    GiG Classification
    • General Community services
    How it operates
    • Cross-border/cross-community, Education/training, Playgroup/after schools
    Where it operates
    • Northern Ireland
    Who it helps
    • Learning disabilities, Preschool (0-5 year olds), Voluntary and community sector

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 06/05/2016, number: NIC104981
    Main office

    16 Ballydermot Road, Castledawson, BT45 8BX

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