Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

SENSORY SOFT PLAY

Sensory Soft Play is a CIO aiming to relieve the needs of children and their families (primarily but not exclusively) with additional needs in Hastings and the surrounding area through the provision of multi-sensory soft play activities and the running of an online support group for parents and carers of children. We provide holiday clubs, respite clubs and days out for families with SEN.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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
30/06/23£124£83£41n/a
30/06/22£61£52£9n/a
30/06/21£42£15£28n/a
30/06/20*£13£9£4n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.sensoftplay.co.uk

info@sensoftplay.co.uk

07861646502

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Child day-care services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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£322,416
Sussex Community Foundation£30,210
DCMS£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Sensory Soft Play Therapy Hub
£312,416 26/05/2023
The funding will be used to run and expand a soft-play and activities centre for SEND children and their parents and carers. The project aims to provide physical activities for SEND children as well as providing a safe space to build lasting ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sensory Soft Play
£8,400 13/12/2022
Funding was provided towards monthly utility bills.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sensory Soft Play
£9,750 11/11/2022
Funding was provided to cover running costs, specifically rent and utilities, for their Saturday and weekday sessions for one quarter: Dec 22-March 23.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sensory Soft Play
£2,000 07/09/2021
Funding was provided for their weekly respite sessions.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sensory Soft Play
£3,960 16/07/2021
1
Funding was provided for a 4 day Summer Holiday club and a funded day trip out.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sensory Soft Play Community Therapy Hub
£10,000 04/06/2021
The funding will be used by Sensory Soft Play to refurbish a building to establish a community therapy hub for families with children with special needs. The project aims to provide dedicated static facilities from which the charity can deliver a ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 28/05/2021
Sensory Soft Play Community Therapy Hub
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sensory Soft Play
£2,800 19/04/2021
Sensory Soft Play is a CIO that provides multi-sensory soft play activities (primarily for children with additional needs). They also run an online support group for parents and carers of children. Funding was provided to allow them to continue ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sensory Soft Play
£3,300 17/02/2021
Sensory Soft Play aims to relieve the needs of children and their families (primarily but not exclusively) with additional needs in Hastings and the surrounding area, through the provision of multi-sensory soft play activities and the running of an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 06/10/2020
"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 (4)
Current Trustees appointed

  • JAMES LAWTON Appointed: 2023
  • JAMIE HENDERSON Appointed: 2018
  • JULIA HURRELL Appointed: 2020
  • OLIVIA HURRELL Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/05/2019, number: 1183273
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR20: 27 days late,
Main office

168
EDMUND ROAD
EDMUND ROAD
HASTINGS

Objectives

TO RELIEF THE NEED OF CHILDREN (AND THEIR FAMILIES) PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS, IN HASTINGS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MULTI-SENSORY SOFT PLAY ACTIVITIES AND THE RUNNING OF A SUPPORT GROUP FOR PARENTS AND CARERS OF THE CHILDREN.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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