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 ?

    ALFORD PLAYGROUP

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/07/17 31/07/18 31/07/19 31/07/20 31/07/21 31/07/22 31/07/23
    Total income £40,414 £37,696 £47,982 £71,205 £71,816 £71,917 £65,265
    Total spending £38,738 £37,796 £41,930 £45,860 £60,378 £61,810 £67,244
    Surplus/deficit £1,676 -£100 £6,052 £25,345 £11,438 £10,107 -£1,979
    Established: 31 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Child day-care services
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    Where it operates
    • Aberdeenshire
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Alford Playgroup
    £3,069 04/08/2017
    A garden area will introduce our children to where and how our food is grown and give them a sense of responsibility and pride.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 23/09/1993, number: SC021981
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR20: 13 days late,
    Main office

    West Gordon Parish Church , Alford, Aberdeenshire, AB33 8AD

    Objectives

    The aim of the playgroup is to promote the aim of the Scottish Pre-School Play Association which is to advance the education of pre-school children so that they may take a constructive place in the community, and also the education of their parents and other adults, children and teenagers, and in the furtherance of that aim: (a) to provide safe and satisfying group play in which parents take part when appropriate. (b) to encourage other charitable activities through which parents may help the children.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving

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