Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

CHILDREN'S SCRAPSTORE 

To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation, education and other leisure time activities for children, being facilities of which such children have need by reason of their age or social or economic circumstances and which will improve conditions of life for such children by promoting their educational, physical or mental well-being. To promote waste materials as play-things.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

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:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 32 years

www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk

enquiries@childrensscrapstore.co.uk

07814224926

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/03/23£984£971£13£251£1,281£1,27815.82424
31/03/22£878£776£101£77£1,268£1,26119.52233
31/03/21£1,033£796£237£64£1,165£1,15517.42335
31/03/20£1,125£1,048£76£108£928£91710.5314
31/03/19£1,022£1,024£-2£119£852£8409.8329
31/03/18*£1,030£1,007£23£168£854£85010.1320
31/03/17*£1,057£1,151£-94£189£830£8268.6200
31/03/16*£1,206£1,258£-51£184£925£9258.8300
31/03/15*£1,183£1,119£64£176£976£97510.5270
31/03/14£1,056£1,061£-5£187£912£91210.3220
31/03/13£1,034£1,058£-23£152£918£91810.4160
31/03/12£996£1,025£-29£171£948£91010.6160
31/03/11£1,046£962£84£329£977£93411.7150
31/03/10£806£748£58£262£893£85313.7110
31/03/09£736£703£33£233£835£83214.2100
31/03/08*£544£494£50£220£802£79319.390
31/03/07*£479£505£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£446£366£80£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£489£365£124£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£830£299£531£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 41.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 25.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 35%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 15.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 24 employees
  • 24 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire,

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
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Scrapstore
£1,800 02/05/2023
We want to continue our provision of play and food sessions, particularly to develop the current offer, expand our numbers and show our commitment to the children and community.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Scrapstore
£1,800 06/05/2022
Towards holiday activities for children aged 8-12 in Bristol
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Scrapstore
£750 17/09/2021
As approved by the High Sheriff towards holiday activities for young people
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Scrapstore
£1,200 17/05/2021
Towards holiday activities for 8-12 year olds
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Scrapstore
£300 25/03/2021
As approved by the High Sheriff of Bristol towards resources and materials for children's holiday activities.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 25/11/2020
5
Children’s Scrapstore is a reuse charity dedicated to helping businesses divert reusable waste away from landfill/energy recovery to help improve art and play opportunities for children, young ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Scrapstore
£5,000 07/04/2020
To support the mental health and well being of children and families though providing activity bags and boxes for free, distributed through our partnerships and networks.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Children's Scrapstore
£5,000 16/09/2019
As requested by the donor towards the Community Reuse Festival activities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Children's Scrapstore
£9,087 19/11/2018
We want to make our play room accessible for all members of the community to play, create and learn together, in a safe environment.
Quartet Community Foundation - Bristol Play Partnership
£5,000 14/05/2018
5
To help organisations across the city providing play opportunities for young people to work more effectively together
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-72
  • JENNIFER FORD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Environmental Consultant
  • SALLY JAECKLE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Early Years Services, Bristol City Council
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/02/1992, number: 1008788
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/06/1991, number: 02624238
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
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 31 days late, AR08: 42 days late, AR07: 24 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

THE CHILDRENS SCRAPSTORE
SCRAPSTORE HOUSE
21 SEVIER STREET
BRISTOL
BS2 9LB

Objectives

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WHICH WILL IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL WELLBEING. TO PROMOTE THE USE OF WASTE MATERIALS AS PLAY-THINGS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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