Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 9

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

CENTRED HORSEPLAY

Centred Horseplay promotes social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. Fully approved Gloucestershire hub for the world renowned "TheHorseCourse", assisting people with an innovative and well developed programme with horses.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
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

Established: 8 years

thehorsecourse@centredhorseplay.org.uk

07799067235

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/05/23	£64	£52	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/05/22	£35	£48	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/05/21	£36	£39	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/05/20	£44	£44	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/05/19	£59	£45	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/05/18	£20	£27	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/17	£24	£8	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
18 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

Barnwood Trust	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£5,000
Masonic Trust	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,000	28/02/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping families help themselves
£10,000	02/12/2022	The funding will be used to run a family support programme for the community. The project aims to support the most disadvantaged younger people in the community.
Barnwood Trust - Gloucestershire Funders (Organisational & Group Funding)
£20,000	04/11/2022	Equine therapy for children, young people and adults
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Centred Horseplay
£5,000	25/05/2022	refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Gloustershire
National Lottery Community Fund - Restart courses
£10,000	19/02/2021 6	The organisation will use the funding to run specialist equine activities and provide practical and emotional tools and support for hard to reach children and their families with complex needs. The ....more The organisation will use the funding to run specialist equine activities and provide practical and emotional tools and support for hard to reach children and their families with complex needs. The organisation has adapted their facilities and teaching methods to enable them to offer support for vulnerable children and their families that may have been affected further by the pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Centred Horseplay Children In Care Pilot
£8,500	12/06/2018 12	The funding will be used to deliver an equine based learning programme for children living in care. The project aims to help children develop their skills in responsibility and engagement as well as ....more The funding will be used to deliver an equine based learning programme for children living in care. The project aims to help children develop their skills in responsibility and engagement as well as enhancing their behavioural skills and sense of calm.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Centred Horseplay
£22,500	08/05/2018 36	This project will work with children and young people with challenges engaging with education due to physiological or behavioural difficulties. The project aims to increase confidence, improve ....more This project will work with children and young people with challenges engaging with education due to physiological or behavioural difficulties. The project aims to increase confidence, improve relationships and support better management of emotions.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Centred Horseplay
£17,360	14/03/2018 36	towards three years' running costs of an equine-assisted intervention project in Gloucestershire working with people struggling with addiction or at risk of drug and/or alcohol dependency
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving Forward In Recovery
£7,538	08/02/2017 12	This is a project by a charity in the Cotswolds, serving people across Gloucestershire. The funding will be used to support people who are experiencing the effects of substance misuse through a ....more This is a project by a charity in the Cotswolds, serving people across Gloucestershire. The funding will be used to support people who are experiencing the effects of substance misuse through a programme of therapy activities. This will improve the wellbeing for participants who have a range of complex needs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

AMELIA ROBBINS Appointed: 2023

HELEN FRENCH Appointed: 2023

IAN LEECH Appointed: 2016

JESSICA DAY Appointed: 2023

SELENA RUTH JONES (Chair) Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/05/2016, number: 1167226

Gift Aid

NOT 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

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

Stown Cottage
Crackstone
Minchinhampton
STROUD
Gloucestershire
GL6 9BD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

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