Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

SPECIAL PLAY AND LEISURE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS 

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE HOLISTIC SUPPORT TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES/ADDITIONAL NEEDS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITHIN THE LISTED AREA OF BENEFIT. SUPPORT AND RESPITE ARE OFFERED TO THE PARENTS AND SIBLINGS, WHILST THE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE GRANTED VARIOUS PROVISIONS WHICH CAN AID AND ENHANCE THEIR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 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
Established: 22 years

splashwithfun@googlemail.com

01914782238

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£186£150£35n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/22£109£88£21n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/21£64£61£3n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/20£79£72£7n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£57£61£-4n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/18£46£47£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£64£57£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£50£48£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£23£45£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£46£45£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£40£42£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£38£37£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£61£37£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£29£32£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£32£19£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£13£15£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£10£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£10£16£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£19£18£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£22£15£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gateshead,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£33,429
National Lottery Community Fund£19,850
DCMS£9,834
Masonic Trust£9,360
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
The Shears Foundation£5,000
Sport England£3,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - PROJECT FUN TOGETHER
£9,970 13/01/2023
The funding will be used to continue to re-launch the weekly fun activities for children with special needs and their families from the Jewish community. Activities will include trampolining ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 16/09/2022
Core Costs
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£9,360 04/07/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 21/04/2022
towards a Designated Volunteer Coordinator (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to SPLASH (Special Play and Leisure After School Hours)
£1,600 07/04/2022
purchase of sensory equipment* for a charity supporting people with disabilties in Tyne and Wear. *Excludes administration costs.
Sport England - Jubilee fund - Horse-riding Therapy Groups
£3,600 30/03/2022
This project will run 3 weekly horse-riding sessions for children with special/additional needs at Stepney Bank Stables.
The Shears Foundation - SPLASH (Special Play & Leisure After School Hours)
£5,000 26/01/2022
Horse Riding Therapy Groups
National Lottery Community Fund - Fun Together
£9,880 19/11/2021
The project will use the funding to provide support for children with special needs and their families from the Jewish community in Gateshead. This will involve a range of activities including ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running costs to set up a dedicated ‘IT-suite’ to provide after-school computer sessions to children with disabilities living in Gateshead
£6,398 18/03/2021
running costs to set up a dedicated ‘IT-suite’ to provide after-school computer sessions to children with disabilities living in Gateshead
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Core costs for 3 months and purchasing sports equipment and office furniture to accommodate social distancing in Gateshead during the Covid-19 crisis
£9,997 23/07/2020
Core costs for 3 months and purchasing sports equipment and office furniture to accommodate social distancing in Gateshead during the Covid-19 crisis
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - core costs for 3 months and purchasing sports equipment and office furniture to accommodate social distancing in Gateshead during the Covid-19 crisis
£6,902 23/07/2020
core costs for 3 months and purchasing sports equipment and office furniture to accommodate social distancing in Gateshead during the Covid-19 crisis
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,834 22/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - One-to-one care and care packages for disabled children during the Covid-19 pandemic
£3,066 22/05/2020
One-to-one care and care packages for disabled children during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - one-to-one care and care packages for disabled children during the Covid-19 pandemic
£3,066 22/05/2020
one-to-one care and care packages for disabled children during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - providing horse riding therapy sessions for children with additional needs
£4,000 02/04/2020
providing horse riding therapy sessions for children with additional needs
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Swimming & Trampolining sessions
£7,060 01/06/2017
Swimming & Trampolining sessions
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards STEP2gro - Swimming & Trampolining Empowers People to grow
£5,280 06/01/2016
Towards STEP2gro - Swimming & Trampolining Empowers People to grow
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to SPLASH
£16,700 17/08/2012
the salary of the Volunteer and Activity Coordinator
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/07/2002, number: 1092987
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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; AR09: 26 days late, AR05: 19 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

72 Whitehall Road
GATESHEAD
Tyne And Wear
NE8 4ET

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE RELIEF CHILDREN WITH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SPECIALISED PLAY AND LEISURE FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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