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home >> charity search >> windmills opportunity playgroup
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

WINDMILLS OPPORTUNITY PLAYGROUP

Aids development of children with medical/social needs. Supports the family of those mentioned. Liaise with schools to ease transition.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£143£120£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£104£97£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£89£93£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£111£107£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£104£111£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18£96£87£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£77£75£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£62£67£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15£76£63£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£66£66£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13£67£49£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12£61£47£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/11£59£53£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/10£38£32£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/09£31£32£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/08£31£24£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/07£18£23£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/06£20£24£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£21£23£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04£22£23£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

www.windmillsplaygroup.co.uk

manager@windmillsplaygroup.co.uk

01444 220378

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Child day-care services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Windmills Opportunity Playgroup
£3,000 21/07/2022
Funding was provided for a small shortfall in core costs, which are specific to their diagnosed special needs children.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • MARIA PALOMA KING (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • MICHAEL JOHN WIGG Appointed: 2020
  • SUSAN HASTIE Appointed: 2011
  • SAMANTHA JOY PALMER Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/12/1998, number: 1072977
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
  • 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; all on time
Main office

Sheddingdean Community Centre
Sheddingdean Neighbourhood Centre
Maple Drive
BURGESS HILL
West Sussex
RH15 8UA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FIVE YEARS SOME OF WHOM HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS THROUGH DISABILITY, DEPRIVATION OR OTHERWISE AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY THEREOF IN PARTICULAR(1) TO PROVIDE SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART AND (11) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES WHEREBY PARENTS AND FAMILIES MAY HELP SUCH CHILDREN IN THE COUNTIES OF EAST AND WEST SUSSEX.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST AND WEST SUSSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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