Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

    CRESCENT PLAYGROUP

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/07/17 31/07/18 31/07/19 31/07/20 31/07/21 31/07/22 31/07/23
    Total income £42,661 £55,426 £48,834 £63,274 £78,320 £83,462 £71,390
    Total spending £41,160 £47,596 £49,941 £51,202 £63,839 £72,290 £79,637
    Surplus/deficit £1,501 £7,830 -£1,107 £12,072 £14,481 £11,172 -£8,247
    Established: 46 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Child day-care services
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    Where it operates
    • Midlothian
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 07/03/1979, number: SC013861
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    St John's and Kings Park Church, Church Hall, 33 Eskbank Road, Dalkeith, Midlothian, EH22 1HJ

    Objectives

    The aim of the playgroup is to promote the aim of the Scottish Pre-School Play Association which is to advance the education of pre-school children so that they may take a constructive place in the community, and also the education of their parents and other aduIts, children and teenagers, and in the furtherance of that aim To provide safe and satisfying group play in which parents take part when appropriate. To encourage other charitable activities through which parents may help the children.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator

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