Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

PARENT ACTION FOR SAFE PLAY 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £132,415 £146,994 £141,898 £182,115 £166,232 £128,451
Total spending £185,911 £179,992 £162,437 £166,282 £154,468 £185,245
Surplus/deficit -£53,496 -£32,998 -£20,539 £15,833 £11,764 -£56,794
Established: 27 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Amusement and recreation services, incl holidays
Purposes
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: North Lanarkshire
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Who supports 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
National Lottery Community Fund£31,849
Scottish Government£12,750
BBC Children in Need£2,915
DCMS£2,915
Foundation Scotland£2,518
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - PASP ASN GROUP
£8,076 31/05/2023
This organisation in Coatbridge will run two weekly support groups for children with additional support needs aged between 5-12 years of age with activities including outdoor play and learning about ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Greener Project
£7,003 02/02/2022
The group will use the funding to deliver a community gardening programme including educational workshops and training in gardening the environment recycling and cooking. This will positively ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Active Play Outdoor Programme
£10,000 14/04/2021
This group will use the funding to deliver their Active Play Outdoor Programme across Coatbridge and Airdrie.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Parent Action For Safe Play
£2,915 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will pay for fun activity packs for 220 vulnerable children who are socially isolated due to Covid-19. The packs will help children to have more fun and be more physically active.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,915 21/05/2020
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
Scottish Government - Parent Action for Safe Play
£6,770 08/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - PASP play@home bags
£6,770 07/05/2020
3
This group will use funding to distribute play at home resource bags to vulnerable children across Coatbridge. The resource bags will allow families to engage in creative and active play activities ....more
Scottish Government - Parent Action for Safe Play
£5,980 15/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Parent Action for Safe Play
£2,518 14/04/2020
To provide 250 play at home bags with play/sports equipment and art and craft materials to be distributed to families who are in isolation to help support children and young people at ??s physical ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Parent Action For Safe Play
£121,635 09/02/2017
36
This project will deliver outdoor free play sessions for young people from deprived areas and also from migrant and asyslm seeking families. The regular sessions will increase health, skills and self ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Parent Action for Safe Play
£2,000 02/09/2015
11
to contribute towards running a programme of sports activities.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Parent Action for Safe Play
£1,619 01/02/2013
1
To provide outdoor team building activities for young people aged 14-17 from Coatbridge, Airdrie and North Glasgow.
Foundation Scotland - Community Garden Project
£1,942 19/12/2011
11
Funding would provide the group with the opportunity to develop the second stage of their community garden within their local community play park.
National Lottery Community Fund - Outreach Play Project
£47,040 25/11/2010
12
The project will enable the group to deploy four sessional Play Rangers to targeted districts of deprivation in Coatbridge, to encourage young people between the ages of 5-15 years to make use of ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 62-80
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 29/01/1997, number: SC026183
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/03/2011, number: SC395911
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

, ML5 5BB

Objectives

This clause and the clause that follows it shall be interpreted as if they incorporate an overriding qualification limiting the powers of the Company such that any activity which would otherwise be permitted by the terms of the clauses may be carried on only if that activity furthers a purpose which is regarded as charitable. Subject to that overriding qualification the Company's principal object is for the benefit of the public to improve the quality of life of people (in parttcular parents and children) in the Coatbridge area by delivering an integrated, inclusive and accessible range of sports, leisure, play and community based services to inhabitants.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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