Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Accounts overdue -5
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -5

NORTH WEST PLAY RESOURCE CENTRE

The Company's objects are to encourage and assist in the provision of resources and facilities for:- (i) Artistic, creative and recreational activities for people of all ages which will improve their conditions of life by promoting their social, physical, emotional and intellectual well being, as well as their individual creativity, without unfairly discriminating on the grounds of sex, political opinion, religious conviction, race, national origin, language, ability, social or economic background. (ii) Educational programmes for people of all ages that use artistic processes as a basis to promote skills development, improvements to confidence, capacity, motivation, communication skills, employability and other personal qualities, and improvements to individual and community capacity through the use of in-house and outreach creative programmes, publications and other media without unfairly discriminating on the grounds of sex, political opinion, religious conviction, race, national origin, language, ability, social or economic background. (iii) Peace building programmes for people of all ages that use artistic processes as a basis to explore and improve community relations issues by enabling people to tell their stories, deconstruct scenes, events and attitudes, learn about & empathize with attitudes and motivations that may be different, mourn loss, address injustice, dispense with hate and bitterness, build trust, confidence, esteem, interdependency, tolerance, empathy, understanding, and stimulate imaginations to envisage a positive shared future through the use of in-house and outreach creative programmes, publications and other media promotion without unfairly discriminating on the grounds of sex, political opinion, religious conviction, race, national origin, language, ability, social or economic background.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

Latest accounts are overdue for filing
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 10 years

www.derryplayhouse.co.uk

kevin@derryplayhouse.com

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Year end	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/23
Income	£775,321	£1,156,738	£1,326,562	£1,167,411
Spending	£973,846	£1,209,608	£1,189,160	£1,328,958
Surplus/deficit	-£198,525	-£52,870	£137,402	-£161,547

Listed activities

The advancement of education, The advancement of citizenship or community development, The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science, The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity

How it operates

Arts, Community development, Criminal justice, Cross-border/cross-community, Cultural, Disability, Education/training, Heritage/historical, Youth development

Where it operates

Northern Ireland

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

Adult training, Children (5-13 year olds), Community safety/crime prevention, Ex-offenders and prisoners, General public, Interface communities, Learning disabilities, Older people, Physical disabilities, Preschool (0-5 year olds), Sensory disabilities, Specific areas of deprivation, Unemployed/low income, Women, Youth (14-25 year olds)

Who works here?

30 employees

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£232,500
BBC Children in Need	£2,988
DCMS	£2,988

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£232,500	05/02/2021	Weston Culture Fund
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Play Resource Centre North West
£2,988	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This creative arts project will adapt delivery during Covid-19 to online workshops to keep young people at risk, engaged, connected and safe
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,988	03/06/2020	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 ....more 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 on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to North West Play Resource Centre
£99,279	27/06/2018 36	Through facilitated workshops this project seeks to develop positive relationships between young people and the local police service, encouraging greater community engagement and a reduction in ....more Through facilitated workshops this project seeks to develop positive relationships between young people and the local police service, encouraging greater community engagement and a reduction in risk-taking behaviour.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	18/06/2018	The Playhouse

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 02/10/2014, number: NIC100119

Main office

The Playhouse, 5-7 Artillery Street, Londonderry, BT48 6RG

Data Sources