Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

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

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.toucanforchildren.org

admin@toucanforchildren.co.uk

07526245880

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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 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£101,558
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£100,000
Postcode Local Trust£25,000
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
Postcode Local Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 03/04/2023
Ensuring no child is denied the therapeutic help they need because of financial hardship.
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 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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
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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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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