Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 12

TOUCAN FOR CHILDREN CIO

Toucan for Children provides a play therapy service for children and young people between the ages of 4 and 13 years who live in Gloucestershire and surrounding areas. Our team of therapists offer children a safe place to explore and work-through feelings and behaviours that are causing upset and difficulties in their lives.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no 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:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board is predominantly female

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/09/23		£197	£169	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
30/09/22		£159	£116	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
30/09/21		£109	£101	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
30/09/20		£88	£68	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
30/09/19		£96	£88	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
30/09/18		£82	£63	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/17	*	£75	£54	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.toucanforchildren.org

admin@toucanforchildren.co.uk

07526245880

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Worcestershire,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£101,558
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation	£100,000
DCMS	£19,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
Barnwood Trust	£10,893
Henry Smith Charity	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Development grant: Sustainable affordable play therapy in Gloucestershire
£92,638	19/10/2022	The funding will support Toucan for Children CIO (TFC) to develop their capacity and model for the delivery of play and creative therapy for C&YP aged 4 -13 in the Forest of Dean (FOD) and ....more The funding will support Toucan for Children CIO (TFC) to develop their capacity and model for the delivery of play and creative therapy for C&YP aged 4 -13 in the Forest of Dean (FOD) and Gloucester City.
Barnwood Trust - Gloucestershire Funders (Organisational & Group Funding)
£9,790	09/08/2022	Therapeutic service for children
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Toucan for Children CIO
£100,000	07/07/2022	22% of core running costs over 3-years to employ Centre Manager and provide therapy to children struggling in rural/urban areas of Gloucestershire and Forest of Dean.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Every Cloud Play & Creative Arts Therapy CIC
£5,000	07/12/2021 12	towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing child-centred play and creative arts therapy to children and young people from disadvantaged communities in Gloucestershire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Toucan for Children Outreach Service
£8,920	19/11/2021	The funding will be used to provide play and arts therapy for children. The project aims to improve childrens mental health and ease anxiety at an early stage.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	01/10/2021	Play and Creative Arts Therapy - Improving Children's Mental Health Improving Children's Lives
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£1,103	02/03/2021	Mental health therapy for children
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,000	02/10/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	09/09/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANGELA MARY BEARD Appointed: 2016

JANICE WATKINS BPHIL Appointed: 2016

KATE SWORDY Appointed: 2022

MARIE WATKINS Appointed: 2016

NEIL BRAYSHAW Appointed: 2023

RACHEL CLAIRE MURPHY Appointed: 2023

SUSAN COOMBS Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/09/2016, number: 1169064

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
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR17: 28 days late,

Main office

UNIT 6/6E
THE MEWS
MITCHELDEAN
GL17 0SL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO CHILDREN, AND(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO BEHAVIOURAL, DEVELOPMENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ISSUES.

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