Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 5

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

Static board: -3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -6

MERRY GO ROUND TOY & LEISURE LIBRARY

Our 2 toy libraries are a resource open to any families, groups or individuals involved in providing daycare for children of all abilities, backgrounds and ages. We have an online booking system for lending out high quality toys, games and resources, including ones for children with additional needs, which aim to promote development and learning through play and are fun!

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased 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 including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board is completely female
The Board composition appears to be rather static

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

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		£19	£29	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/22		£25	£23	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21		£21	£18	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
01/04/20		£24	£20	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
01/04/19		£21	£20	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
01/04/18		£23	£19	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/17		£12	£18	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16		£19	£18	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15		£16	£16	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14		£21	£20	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/13		£20	£18	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12		£20	£19	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/11		£22	£20	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/10		£22	£19	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/09		£15	£18	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/08	*	£21	£19	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
19/04/07?		£27	£21	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
02/04/06		£13	£9	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
02/04/05	*	£19	£986	£-967	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years

https://my.mgrtoylibrary.org

admin@mgrtoylibrary.org

01392436777

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Devon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
4 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£19,985
DCMS	£9,704
Devon Community Foundation	£7,000
Co-Operative Group	£2,706

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Spinning Top Toy Library
£9,985	12/05/2023	Continued delivery of a service which allows local families and groups in the surrounding areas to access high quality toys to borrow.
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Merry Go Round Toy & Leisure Library
£2,000	13/12/2022	Funding to support toy library services in Exeter.
Devon Community Foundation - Merry Go Round Toy Library
£5,000	18/01/2022	Funding to support and extend toy library services in Exeter.
National Lottery Community Fund - Spinning Top Toy Library
£10,000	03/12/2021	The funding will be used to cover the running costs for this toy lending library service for families and childcare providers in the Exeter area. The project aims to provide children with access to ....more The funding will be used to cover the running costs for this toy lending library service for families and childcare providers in the Exeter area. The project aims to provide children with access to toys and resources to support their learning and their emotional and physical development.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Merry Go Round Toy Libraries
£2,706	24/10/2020	We would like to lend good quality toys to children who might not otherwise be able to afford them, to encourage their development.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,704	24/07/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Spinning Top Toy Library
£8,665	22/03/2019 12	The funding will be used to continue running the toy library service that supports families and children. The project aims to offer creative play for children and assist parents who are experiencing ....more The funding will be used to continue running the toy library service that supports families and children. The project aims to offer creative play for children and assist parents who are experiencing the effects of isolation.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Merry Go Round Toy Libraries
£4,794	19/11/2018	We want to lend really good quality toys and play resources to local children of all abilities and backgrounds.
National Lottery Community Fund - Spinning Top Toy Library
£8,238	10/01/2018 12	The funding will be used by a charity to provide a toy library service that will support families and children. The project aims to create avenues of creative play for children and their parents.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

ALEX ALLAN (Chair) Appointed: 2017

ANDREA LOUISE BRISTOW Appointed: 2016

HELENE PRESTAT Appointed: 2019

JOY ROGERS Appointed: 2016

KELLY ALLAN Appointed: 2015

NICOLETTE JEFFREY Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/11/2003, number: 1100532

Gift Aid

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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

19 returns made; AR08: 36 days late, AR05: 15 days late,

Main office

EXETER SCRAPSTORE
BELMONT PARK
GORDON ROAD
EXETER
EX1 2DH

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF AND EDUCATION OF ALL LOCAL CHILDREN BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL AND STIMULATING TOYS AND EQUIPMENT AND IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OBJECT THE TOY LIBRARY SHALL AIM:I. TO ASSIST THE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE EARLIEST AGE OF ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH ALL FORMS OF PLAY ACTIVITY.II. TO LEND TO THEM THE BEST AVAILABLE TOYS.III. TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT AS APPROPRIATE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DEVON

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