Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

ACTON PLAY PROJECTS AND LEISURE EVENTS ( A. P. P. L. .E ) 

A.P.P.L.E.is based in Acton, which includes highly deprived wards within the LB Ealing. A.P.P.L.E. is based at the ART BLOCK in Acton Park. Our purpose is to support the lives of children and young people by providing free, open access recreational, educational and creative opportunities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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: 25 years

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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£164£170£-5n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/22£173£163£10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£146£136£10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£127£135£-8n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/19£120£122£-2n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/18£127£119£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£131£136£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£153£154£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£158£163£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£180£181£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£157£161£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£176£177£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£187£183£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£185£182£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£154£161£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£158£161£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£126£124£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£118£120£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£100£102£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£127£131£-4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 4 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Ealing,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£243,600
John Lyon's Charity£153,360
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The London Community Foundation£9,320
Herefordshire Community Foundation£2,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Acton Park Playcentre Leisure Events
£4,000 05/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 20/05/2022
The Cooking Hub and Outdoor Play
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Youth -going forward
£2,400 11/05/2022
Grant to A.P.P.L.E.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Acton Park Playcentre Leisure Events
£4,000 09/06/2021
Summer Holiday Activity Project
The London Community Foundation - Grant to A.P.P.L.E.
£9,320 11/12/2020
5
Staff to support and develop the Food and Meals programme.To set up off-site volunteers (we have offers of help) IT support to maintain and develop our social media. Develop ways of reaching our ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Acton Park Playcentre Leisure Events
£120,000 18/06/2020
36
A.P.P.L.E. A Place to Go
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Acton Park Playcentre Leisure Events
£25,360 13/05/2020
12
COVID-19: LCR Response Wave 2 - Delivering Differently
National Lottery Community Fund - A.P.P.L.E in the Park
£243,600 29/08/2019
48
A.P.P.L.E in the Park
Sport England - Move Your Body
£7,565 06/06/2018
20
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Move Your Body. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to A.P.P.L.E. (Acton Play Projects and Leisure Events)
£8,400 11/04/2018
refurbishment of an outdoor area and kitchen for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Acton
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Acton Play Projects & Leisure Events
£39,360 14/06/2017
36
This project will deliver a variety of activity sessions to children and young people experiencing local deprivation in Acton. The children and young people will gain qualifications and workplace ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Acton Play Projects and Leisure Events (A.P.P.L.E.)
£60,000 13/11/2014
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the core costs, including salaries, of a children and young people's project in Acton, West London
National Lottery Community Fund - The A.P.P.L.E. Tree
£196,809 16/10/2012
60
This project aims to address the poor health of young people in deprived areas of Acton. Most young people in the area come from families with poor diets due to low incomes, poorly equipped kitchens ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Acton Play Projects and Leisure Events
£20,000 28/04/2011
the salary costs of the Youth Manager/Co-ordinator, training costs, material, overheads,specialist staff and young mentor costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/08/1999, number: 1076880
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

2 Forbury Chase
Sherford Street
Bromyard
HR7 4DL

Objectives

TO PROVIDE OR TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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