Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 2

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -1

GAINSBOROUGH ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND LTD

GAPA is a registered charity providing a range of children's services based on adventurous play, aimed at developing positive personal and social behaviour in children the aim isd to promote and deliver high quality adventurous play to children age 0-14 from Gainsborough and the surrounding area.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 15 years

www.gapaltd.co.uk

gapaltd@outlook.com

01427617165

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£109	£116	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/22		£78	£88	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£86	£111	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20	*	£121	£148	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/19		£110	£125	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18		£129	£141	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£167	£188	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£186	£185	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£218	£223	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£197	£184	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£147	£161	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£153	£162	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£576	£187	£389	£29	£389	£389	24.9	6	0
31/03/10		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Economic/Community Development/Employment

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Lincolnshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Gainsborough Adventure Playground Ltd.
£117,949	28/02/2019 36	This project provides fun and challenging play activities for children living in a deprived area. It will help raise confidence and self-esteem, support healthy choices and improve social skills.
Garfield Weston Foundation - WAF award
£31,000	05/10/2018	Building refurbishment

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID FARMER Appointed: 2023

JOSEPHINE ANNE BUCKLE Appointed: 2023

KAREN ELIZABETH FARMER (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Unemployed

LOUISE MARY GIBSON Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/07/2009, number: 1130827
Registered at Companies House on 03/12/2007, number: 06442668

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR20: 53 days late,

Main office

Riseholme Road
Gainsborough
Lincolnshire
DN21 1NL

Objectives

A. TO RELIEVE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDENT IN GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN NEED, BY PROVIDING SERVICES OF FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS.B. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL INHABITANTS OF GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.C. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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