Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

HACKNEY PLAY ASSOCIATION

Play and youth clubs for children at Clapton Park, Homerton Grove and Pearson Street Adventure Playground in Hackney. Supporting disabled children to enjoy mainstream play services. Playwork and related training for staff, volunteers, trustees and young people. Support for Hackney Play Streets.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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
31/03/23*£311£382£-71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£306£357£-52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/03/21£330£254£76n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£476£466£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£488£449£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£469£425£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£362£385£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£433£398£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£358£357£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£359£351£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£243£281£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years
(18 years as a company)

www.hackneyplay.org

KAY@HACKNEYPLAY.ORG

07926584541

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Hackney Council£27,466
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£3,100
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Play Association
£17,551 19/04/2023
To offer a weekly youth session for young people aged 10-16 years at Pearson Street and Homerton Grove Adventure Playground centred around mental health and wellbeing (term time only)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 22/03/2023
Play Matters
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Play Association
£9,915 12/05/2022
To recruit, train and employ 2 young people as trainee playworkers and engage 10-15 young people in volunteer opportunities
National Lottery Community Fund - ACE Jubilee Play Parties
£3,100 14/04/2022
The funding will be used to engage small groups of young people in planning shaping and hosting fun interactive one day community events at each of the groups two playgrounds as part of the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations. The aim is to build strong ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Play Association
£15,000 28/10/2019
6
Free play provision and additional support for children and families from Clapton Park, Millfields and Nye Bevan estates and surrounding areas of Hackney. Monday - Friday, 3.30 - 6pm, term time. Monday - Friday, 10.30 - 5.30pm, during school ....more
Greater London Authority - Hackney Play Association
£90,000 01/09/2019
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£52,139 01/04/2019
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£52,139 01/04/2019
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£52,139 01/05/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£52,139 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£52,139 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£39,105 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£39,105 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-69
  • FRANCES CHERRY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Office Manager Tower Hamlets Arts Music & Ed
  • JACKIE HOPFINGER (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Semi Retiried Consultant
  • KARAMJIT KAUR DHAMI Appointed: 2023
  • LOUISE ERSKINE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Admin Manager
  • MARCELLA CHRISTINA MCLEAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Human Resources Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/02/2012, number: 1145960
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/10/2006, number: 05957488
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR23: 13 days late, AR20: 1 days late,
Main office

HOMERTON GROVE ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND
WARDLE STREET
LONDON
E9 6BX

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS FORMED ARE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE PRIMARILY RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS BUT OTHERWISE RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BEING FACILITIES (A) OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND(B) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING THROUGH PLAY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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