Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 3

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -4

FOREST SCHOOL SWANSEA NEATH AND PORT TALBOT

Forest School SNPT aim to provide a unique alternative learning experience through interaction in woodlands to all age groups in the Swansea and Neath Port Talbot areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 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
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 23 years

www.forestschoolsnpt.org.uk

info@forestschoolsnpt.org.uk

01792367118

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£64	£81	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/22		£105	£82	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/21		£59	£53	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£72	£60	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£79	£75	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/18		£85	£90	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£94	£89	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£57	£85	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£86	£92	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£109	£99	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£90	£100	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£101	£89	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£119	£104	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£109	£109	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£124	£100	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£102	£107	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£99	£85	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£110	£110	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£66	£58	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£56	£47	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Forest School SNPT
£6,773	23/10/2021	We will bring families together for outdoor learning and play sessions, make use of woodland sites in local schools and improve the wellbeing of adults and children alike, by connecting with nature.
National Lottery Community Fund - Accessible Forest School
£9,815	03/03/2020 12	Forest School SNPT in Swansea will use the grant to make practical and accessibility site improvements to their Forest School site at Llys Nini RSPCA centre. £9,815 will fund practical site ....more Forest School SNPT in Swansea will use the grant to make practical and accessibility site improvements to their Forest School site at Llys Nini RSPCA centre. £9,815 will fund practical site improvements, staff, travel, consumables and overheads.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£21,000	05/03/2019	A New Season for Forest School SNPT
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Forest School SNPT
£5,624	29/11/2017	We want to bring the benefits of nature into the lives of more local children and families by developing our Seedlings project.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Including severely disabled children in weekly forest school project
£2,000	04/02/2013	Towards the costs of including severely disabled children in the weekly forest school project.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs for this woodland education project
£2,500	27/06/2006	Towards core costs for this woodland education project
Woodward Charitable Trust - Forest fun days in woodland venues
£2,000	10/05/2006	Towards forest fun days held in four woodland venues for children from disadvantaged and isolated backgrounds around Swansea.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

DI CLARK (Chair) Appointed: 2021

RIA BANSCHERUS Appointed: 2021

TIM ORRELL Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/08/2001, number: 1087964

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR12: 104 days late, AR07: 6 days late, AR06: 1 days late,

Main office

Bishopwood Countryside Centre
Caswell Bay
SWANSEA
SA3 3BS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN SWANSEA, NEATH AND PORT TALBOT AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS, BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND RECREATION OUTDOORS AND INDOORS WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING LIVES OF ALL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SWANSEA, NEATH AND PORT TALBOT AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS

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