Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

CHARLTON TOY LIBRARY

CTL offers: a low-cost quality toy, book & child safety equipment loan scheme to families with children aged under five; a mobile service to isolated community groups; stay & play sessions for members; advice & support to members & other organisations on a wide range of parenting and child-related issues; music & storytelling sessions; information days; volunteering opportunities

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be 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

Established: 42 years

www.charltontoylibrary.org.uk

info@charltontoylibrary.org.uk

02083190055

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/03/23	£44	£48	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/03/22	£38	£39	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/21	£63	£39	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/20	£29	£28	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/03/19	£19	£26	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/03/18	£28	£25	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£31	£23	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£20	£20	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£18	£20	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£14	£17	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£17	£10	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£9	£15	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£20	£32	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£47	£54	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£40	£46	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£82	£85	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£114	£115	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£73	£70	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£95	£92	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£96	£86	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Greenwich,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
13 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

BBC Children in Need	£49,301
City Bridge Trust	£7,392
Masonic Trust	£4,400
Co-Operative Group	£1,632
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,014

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,014	29/03/2023	Core costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Charlton Toy Library
£1,632	22/10/2022	We would like to offer free access to 80 local families, so they can come together, get support and socialise, while their children can learn through play and develop social skills.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Charlton Toy Library
£7,392	21/05/2020	A grant of £7,392 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£4,400	07/10/2019	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Charlton Toy Library
£49,301	26/06/2019 36	This project offers outreach support through a toy library, to children and their families living in poverty in Greenwich. It aims to improve social skills, life skills and physical well-being.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BRIDGET LOUISE GOURLAY Appointed: 2023

JANINE KHOSHNEVISAN Appointed: 1993

JOHN STEPHENS Appointed: 2021

PATRICIA SANTOME Appointed: 2012

DR KATHARINE RHODES HALL Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/07/1982, number: 285099

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
Paying staff
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

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

CHARLTON TOY LIBRARY
CHARLTON HOUSE
CHARLTON ROAD
LONDON
SE7 8RE

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF AND EDUCATION OF ALL LOCAL CHILDREN BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND STIMULATING TOYS AND EQUIPMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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