Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    PITSMOOR ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND 

    To manage and run a children's adventure playground in the Pitsmoor and Burngreave areas of Sheffield and surrounding areas.To provide facilities for the community in the interests of social welfare and for education, recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for residents.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    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: 10 years

    www.pitsmooradventure.org

    info@pitsmooradventure.org

    01142737121

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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
    31/03/23£217£215£2n/an/an/an/an/a12
    31/03/22£171£192£-21n/an/an/an/an/a12
    31/03/21£215£170£46n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/20£150£170£-20n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/19£143£126£17n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/18£151£133£18£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£97£127£-30£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£110£110£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£148£79£69£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • Recreation
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    Where it operates
    • Sheffield City,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 12 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£180,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
    Leeds Community Foundation£8,784
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Leeds Community Foundation - Burngreave Fuel Action
    £8,784 14/10/2022
    This project aims to alleviate hardship associated with fuel poverty and promote innovative energy-related environmental impact and energy efficiency by training key frontline workers and volunteers ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 03/09/2021
    Pitsmoor Adventure Playground
    National Lottery Community Fund - Pitsmoor Adventure Playground 2
    £180,000 26/04/2021
    The funding will be used to continue to maintain and develop the adventure playground providing open access play opportunities for children and young people in Burngreave Sheffield. The park and ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Pitsmoor Adventure Playground
    £125,145 27/06/2018
    36
    This project will deliver adventure play sessions to children and young people from a disadvantaged area in Sheffield. Young people will feel safer, have an increased sense of belonging and have ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Pitsmoor Adventure Playground
    £195,000 15/01/2018
    36
    The group will run adventure play activities for children and young people. This will encourage young people to become active citizens who care about their local community, and it will bring young ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Pitsmoor Food Adventures
    £6,230 05/07/2017
    12
    The group will deliver healthy cooking and eating workshops for children, alongside a series of celebratory events to incorporate food from different cultures. This will encourage people from ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Pitsmoor Adventure Playground CIO
    £40,000 06/10/2016
    24
    over two years towards the salary and associated costs of the playground manager at a community-led adventure playground in Burngreave, Sheffield
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (7)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/04/2014, number: 1156611
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    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
    • 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
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    9 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    c/o 122 Burngreave Road
    Sheffield
    S3 9DE

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE PITSMOOR AND BURNGREAVE AREAS OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ELSEWHERE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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