Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

THE OLD QUARRY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND LTD

PROVIDE FREE OPEN ACCESS PLAY PROVISION FOR THE CHILDREN OF WARWICK ESTATE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. (5 - 16 YEARS OF AGE, CHILDREN UNDER 6 TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT / MAIN CARER) MONDAY TO FRIDAY EVENINGS FROM 3.30PM-5.30PM, THURSDAY EVENING SESSION FOR YOUTHS 6PM - 8PMINDOOR SPACE FOR ADULT LEISURE AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES ARE AVAILABLE AT COMPETITIVE RATES.SPACE TO RENT.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£299£307£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£315£280£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£255£215£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£247£210£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£214£211£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£196£188£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£180£177£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£178£189£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£230£214£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£193£177£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£181£159£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£139£132£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£67£72£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£68£72£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

www.addy.org

eylesrebekah@live.co.uk

01977670953

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Sports & recreational facilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of Wakefield,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£225,296
BBC Children in Need£118,967
Henry Smith Charity£108,000
Tudor Trust£80,000
Leeds Community Foundation£9,119
Sir George Martin Trust£8,232
DCMS£7,865
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Old Quarry Adventure Playground Ltd
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Leeds Community Foundation - Jubilee at The Add-ee
£2,639 24/03/2022
The funding will enable our disadvantaged children and young people, who have limited/if any access to the arts to experience and partake in drama workshops for three days during the June school holidays, in celebration to mark the Queen's Jubilee.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Addy Continuation
£225,296 19/11/2021
The funding will help to continue their current activities of daily open access play for all ages weekly youth club for 13-19 year olds which includes sports coaching outreach to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and youth volunteering and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Old Quarry Adventure Playground
£108,000 18/03/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support to disadvantaged people in Wakefield.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to The Addy (The Old Quarry Adventure Playground)
£2,744 08/03/2021
Capital and core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to The Addy (The Old Quarry Adventure Playground)
£2,744 08/03/2021
Capital and core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to The Addy (The Old Quarry Adventure Playground)
£2,744 08/03/2021
Capital and core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Tudor Trust - Grant to Old Quarry Adventure Playground
£80,000 22/02/2021
36
over three years towards the core costs of a charity running an adventure playground and providing activities for the community in Knottingley, West Yorkshire
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Old Quarry Adventure Playground Ltd
£118,467 17/12/2020
This project will deliver open access play sessions to children and young people living in a deprived area of Wakefield. This will result in improved resilience, increased confidence and improved physical and mental health.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,865 24/08/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£6,480 15/05/2020
Grant to The Old Quarry Adventure Playground
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Old Quarry Adventure Playground Ltd Charity number 1138207
£118,175 02/03/2018
36
This project will fund weekday, after school and holiday activities and events for children and young people aged 0-18 on the Warwick Estate in Knottingley. The project will improve confidence, improve health and help young people overcome ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Addy Project
£404,583 15/01/2018
36
The group will run a variety of activities for local people of all ages and abilities. This will provide opportunities for local people to meet, socialise and interact, which will improve health and wellbeing and strengthen community relationships.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Old Quarry Adventure Playground
£2,652 29/11/2017
We want to provide free school dinners for our holiday clubs.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Addy
£393,630 03/11/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - The Old Quarry Community Hub
£299,616 08/08/2011
36
This project will develop community services and support in an estate in Knottingley, Wakefield. The scheme offers supervised play provision whilst accredited training and skills development will be established along with a volunteering programme. A ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-73
  • ANNA ELIZABETH BLIGHT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Swimming Instructor
  • GRAHAM STOKES Appointed: 2022
  • MRS MAGGIE HARRIS, Occupation: Retired University Lecturer
  • MRS REBEKAH LOUISE BLYTH (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Unemployed
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/11/2009, number: 1132807
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/09/2009, number: 07032396
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
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR18: 67 days late,
Main office

The Old Quarry Adventure Playground
Sycamore Avenue
KNOTTINGLEY
WF11 0PJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE WARWICK ESTATE AREA OFKNOTTINGLEY, BEING FACILITIES: (A) OF WHICH CHILDREN HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMICCIRCUMSTANCES; AND(B) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIRPHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KNOTTINGLEY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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