Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

MARLOW OPPORTUNITY PLAYGROUP

Marlow Opportunity Playgroup is a pre-school setting for children with special needs. This CIO has been set up for the future use of the charity which is still operating as an unicorporated charity (number 1108650). We are waiting for a new Ofsted registration before we start operating as a CIO.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£280,798	£267,259	£13,539	2
31/03/22	£212,276	£243,215	£-30,939	6
31/03/21	£248,002	£54,433	£193,569	6
31/03/20	£0	£0	£0	0
31/03/19	£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.marlowopportunityplaygroup.org.uk

01628521890

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Child day-care services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
True Colours Trust - Towards group and 1:1 music therapy sessions for children with SEND
£6,475	23/11/2022	Towards group and 1:1 music therapy sessions for children with SEND
Youth Music - Music Still Matters @ MOPS (Part two)
£25,316	29/10/2020	Music Still Matters @ MOPS (Part two)
Youth Music - Music Matters @ MOPS
£29,111	28/06/2018	Music Matters @ MOPS

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JOHN PROUT Appointed: 2020

PAUL RICHARD WILLIAM FINCH (Chair) Appointed: 2018

SANDRA JANE GIBBONS Appointed: 2021

SHERIDA ANN ATHERTON Appointed: 2021

SUSAN MARGARET SMITH Appointed: 2020

CATHERINE LOUISE AUSTIN Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: MARLOW OPPORTUNITY PLAYGROUP,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/03/2018, number: 1177581

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investment
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

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Scout Association
Scout Hall
Watery Lane
Wooburn Green
HIGH WYCOMBE
HP10 0NE

Objectives

(A)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL CARE. (B)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL CARE.

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