Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 2

THE PLAYGROUND THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

The Playground Studio provides the conditions that are essential to the creative theatre making process by providing space, inviting leading artists/teachers to run workshops on specialised subjects and by encouraging individuals within the group to lead workshops on their own personal specialties.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
31/03/23		£313	£316	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£239	£302	£-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
?31/03/21	*	£260	£167	£93	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	*	£299	£247	£53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	*	£238	£236	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£256	£225	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	*	£68	£140	£-72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£46	£29	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	*	£62	£69	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	*	£41	£38	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£121	£113	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	*	£70	£78	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£35	£45	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£37	£56	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£62	£69	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£101	£90	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£57	£34	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	*	£72	£48	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£52	£42	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£42	£45	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 24 years
(26 years as a company)

www.the-playground.co.uk

info@the-playground.co.uk

01923856008

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£104,126
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
John Lyon's Charity	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - iBlackbird & The Playground Theatre - Windrush Festival
£10,000	02/06/2023	The funding will be used to a festival to celebrate and commemorate Windrush. This project aims to build better relationships across the community.
John Lyon's Charity - Small grant to The Playground Theatre
£5,000	31/01/2023	SYSTEMS
DCMS - Playground Recovery Project
£104,126	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW BAILEY Appointed: 2020

ANNI DOMINGO Appointed: 2024

MRS NAOMI SORKIN

SALLY DAVIES (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2001, number: 1085435
Registered at Companies House on 24/03/1998, number: 03534123

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR21: 3 days late, AR20: 17 days late, AR19: 27 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR15: 11 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR12: 20 days late, AR07: 37 days late, AR06: 59 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Daniel Wolfson & Co
34a Watling Street
RADLETT
WD7 7NN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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