Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

PLAYSKILL 

To promote and protect the physical and mental health of children and young people with difficulties/disabilities with support,education,practical advice,recreational and leisure time activities designed to improve their conditions of life and that of their families.Also provide support and activities to develop their skills,capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 16 years

www.playskill.co.uk

andrea@playskill.org

07572465504

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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
31/12/21£351£396£-45n/an/an/an/an/a39
31/12/20£420£319£102n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/12/19£364£265£99n/an/an/an/an/a55
31/12/18£216£201£15£0£0£0n/a031
31/12/17£169£144£25£0£0£0n/a040
31/12/16£122£104£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£103£93£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£103£78£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£80£66£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£66£56£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£59£53£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£36£32£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£21£20£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£21£16£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 39 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£509,573
BBC Children in Need£99,927
DCMS£72,000
Hertfordshire Community Foundation£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Masonic Trust£15,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Improving lives, building skills of families of physically disabled children
£5,000 08/03/2022
Grant to Playskill
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Playskill
£2,217 23/10/2021
We would like funds for messy play equipment, food and refreshments for parents, venue hire and therapy staffing, so our specialist playgroups can help local disabled children gain vital life skills.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 11/08/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Pre School Therapy Play Sessions for Physically Disabled Children
£5,000 14/06/2021
Grant to Playskill
National Lottery Community Fund - Playskill (Continuation)
£499,573 15/03/2021
60
The funding will help continue to develop early support for families and developmental opportunities for pre-school children with complex needs and disabilities. It would seek to embed established ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Playskill
£99,927 20/12/2020
This project will deliver a skills-development playgroup for children with complex physical disabilities in Watford. The activities will result in improved gross motor, fine motor and communication ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 18/12/2020
Paediatric Therapist led Playskill Project
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Dome Group
£10,000 19/11/2020
Grant to Playskill
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£72,000 03/07/2020
"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
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Therapeutic Play Sessions for physically disabled children and their families
£5,000 27/02/2020
Grant to Playskill
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 07/06/2019
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Dome
£10,000 30/05/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to continue running activities and sessions for children with disabilities and their families.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Playskill
£6,966 19/11/2018
Money would fund our new Gartston Group for 1 year, providing intensive specialist help for three terms.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 03/09/2018
Playskill - Paediatric Therapist-led Project in Watford (the Dome Project) for Children aged 2½-5 years with severe physical disabilities and complex difficulties, and their Families
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Playskill
£101,555 17/10/2017
36
Preschool skill development groups for 127 0-4 year olds with severe physical disabilities from Watford. Children will improve their gross and fine motor skills, self-care abilities and communication ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Playskill
£478,444 26/08/2015
60
A project to provide early specialist support to help develop life skills and potential for pre-school children with disabilities and their families. The scheme will provide activities focusing on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Playskill Watford
£184,709 15/07/2010
73
This project will deliver pre-school playgroups and associated support services to pre-school children with disabilities and their parents/carers in Watford. The expansion of the project will allow ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/02/2008, number: 1122745
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

SHERATON HOUSE
LOWER ROAD
CHORLEYWOOD
RICKMANSWORTH
HERTS
WD3 5LH

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES/DISABILITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.2) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES/DISABILITIES THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND OF THE LIFE OF THEIR FAMILIES;B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF CARERS AND SIBLINGS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES/DISABILITIES AND OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OTHER RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES/DISABILITIES AND OF THEIR FAMILIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE HERTFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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