Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

CHILDREN'S INTEGRATED PLAYSCHEMES 

INTEGRATED PLAYSCHEMES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR SIBLINGS LIVING IN EAST HERTFORDSHIRE AND THE BOROUGH OF BROXBOURNE ON SATURDAYS AND DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. THE CHARITY ALSO RUNS SPECIALIST INTEREST GROUPS -COOKERY,COMPUTER AND CLIMBING ,AND A TEEN GROUP FOR THE OLDER CHILDREN .WE ALSO ORGANISE CHRISTMAS PARTIES AND A SUPPORT GROUP FOR PARENTS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 26 years

www.chipsplay.org

info@chipsplay.org

01992804952

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
?

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£310£327£-17n/an/an/an/an/a63
31/03/22£310£285£25n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/03/21£304£237£67n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/20£277£247£30n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/19£274£243£31n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/18£290£234£55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£232£255£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£228£245£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£204£202£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£207£195£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£210£185£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£181£200£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£179£158£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£155£144£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£127£112£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£87£101£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£91£73£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£67£59£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£68£56£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£58£59£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
Who works here?
  • 63 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Hertfordshire Community Foundation£36,736
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£18,708
True Colours Trust£11,334
DCMS£10,000
Co-Operative Group£7,368
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to CHIPS – Cheshunt Playscheme
£1,886 21/10/2023
We would like to buy new toys/equipment, arrange outings to local attractions and organise workshops at sessions. These activities will be fun for the children and improve their mental health.
True Colours Trust - Towards the costs of support for siblings at playschemes
£4,487 27/06/2023
Towards the costs of support for siblings at playschemes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Playscheme sessions for SEN children
£9,600 30/08/2022
The funding will be used to pay for staff costs delivering short play sessions supporting 30 children living with additional needs ranging from Autism learning behaviour emotional and complex health ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 22/07/2022
Extra playscheme sessions for children with additional needs.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Extra playscheme sessions for disabled Children
£5,000 10/03/2022
Grant to Chips (Childrens Integrated PlayScheme)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to CHIPS Playschemes for Disabled Children
£2,790 23/10/2021
We would like to provide fun activities and new toys for the disabled children who attend our playschemes.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to CHIPS Hertford
£1,040 23/10/2021
We would like to give local families with a disabled child the opportunity to come together with all children, including non-disabled siblings, to play with toys appropriate for all ages.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to CHIPS Playschemes for Disabled Children
£1,653 23/10/2021
We would like to provide fun activities and new toys for the disabled children who attend our playschemes.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 11/08/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Playscheme sessions for SEN children
£9,108 21/05/2021
The funding will be used to provide additional playscheme sessions for children with Special Educational Needs. The project aims to enhance personal and physical development reduce isolation and ....more
True Colours Trust - Towards the costs of support for siblings at playschemes
£6,847 09/03/2021
Towards the costs of support for siblings at playschemes
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Volunteer Manager
£2,505 25/02/2021
Grant to Chips (Childrens Integrated PlayScheme)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 11/12/2020
Extra Playscheme sessions for SEN children
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Christmas Playscheme for disabled children and their siblings
£10,000 07/10/2020
Grant to Chips (Childrens Integrated PlayScheme)
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 06/10/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Support for families during Coronas virus
£4,289 01/06/2020
Grant to Chips (Childrens Integrated PlayScheme)
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Volunteer Co-ordinator
£4,942 27/09/2019
Grant to Chips (Childrens Integrated PlayScheme)
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Chips (Childrens Integrated PlayScheme)
£5,000 13/09/2019
Grant to Chips (Childrens Integrated PlayScheme)
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Maintaining our Services
£5,000 03/06/2019
Grant to Chips (Childrens Integrated PlayScheme)
National Lottery Community Fund - CHIPS-Keeping Siblings Involved
£10,000 24/01/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to help continue to run the children's playscheme and help children with disabilities and their family to socialise and play.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 18/10/2017
Playscheme and activities for children with additional needs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 14/09/2017
Siblings
The Funding Network - Champion Volunteers
£3,127 08/06/2017
Project aiming to double number of volunteers and increase the types of volunteer role.
True Colours Trust - towards its inclusive play schemes for siblings
£5,000 30/03/2017
towards its inclusive play schemes for siblings
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to CHIPS (Childrens Integrated Playschemes)
£22,700 29/10/2012
the salaries of the Leader, Deputy Leaders and Play Assistants for work in Hoddesdon and Cheshunt
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/05/1998, number: 1069535
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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; AR12: 125 days late, AR07: 246 days late,
Main office

C H I P S
2nd Floor
Four Rivers House
4C Fentiman Walk
Hertford
Hertford

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, PARTICULARLY BY (!) OFFERING INTEGRATED PLAY AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR SIBLINGS (2) SUPPORTING THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THROUGH RESPITE, MUTUAL SUPPORT AND INFORMATION AND INCREASING DISABILITY AWARENESS IN THE AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great