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Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/03/23£44£48£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£38£39£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£63£39£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£29£28£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£19£26£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£28£25£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£31£23£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£20£20£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£18£20£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£14£17£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£17£10£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£9£15£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£20£32£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£47£54£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£40£46£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£82£85£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£114£115£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£73£70£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£95£92£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£96£86£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 42 years

www.charltontoylibrary.org.uk

info@charltontoylibrary.org.uk

02083190055

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Libraries
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Greenwich,
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
BBC Children in Need£54,380
City Bridge Trust£7,392
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£2,500
Co-Operative Group£1,632
Woodward Charitable Trust£1,014
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Charlton Toy Library
£2,500 13/10/2023
12
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Charlton Toy Library
£53,880 05/06/2023
36
This project offers outreach support through a toy library for children and their families living in poverty in Greenwich. It aims to improve social skills, life skills, and physical wellbeing.
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.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Charlton Toy Library
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
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.
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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
  • JOANNE REBECCA ROLLINGS Appointed: 2023
  • JOHN STEPHENS Appointed: 2021
  • 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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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