Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 9

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

NATIONAL ACTIVITY PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION

NAPA aims to set standards of appropriate practices regarding the provision of activities for older people in different establishments which provide services or care, in order to improve the quality of life of older people. NAPA helps to create a common understanding between older people and those who care for them by providing information, training, advice and support.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£421	£432	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/22		£383	£363	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21		£353	£306	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£289	£318	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£320	£293	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£266	£272	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£241	£301	£-61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£260	£297	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£308	£254	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£265	£255	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£363	£305	£58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£342	£415	£-73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£328	£388	£-61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£342	£279	£63	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£264	£224	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£214	£120	£94	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£193	£171	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06?	*	£160	£174	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£158	£168	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 26 years

www.napa-activities.co.uk

hilary@napa-activities.co.uk

08001585503

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups

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

The Rayne Foundation	£55,000
The Baring Foundation	£40,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,650

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting meaningful time together
£9,900	29/09/2022	The funding will be used to evaluate the needs of 10 care homes and provide free tailored resources that help people with dementia bond with their families. The project aims to help loved ones create ....more The funding will be used to evaluate the needs of 10 care homes and provide free tailored resources that help people with dementia bond with their families. The project aims to help loved ones create meaningful visits with their elderly family and support care home staff to provide activities that reconnect families.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to National Activity Providers Association
£15,000	01/06/2020 12	Towards expansion of the helpline during C-19
National Lottery Community Fund - Socially Isolated but not lonely
£9,750	22/05/2020 12	The funding will be used to run online activity themed webinars for older people in care homes. The project aims to enhance the participants' emotional and physical wellbeing during the Covid-19 ....more The funding will be used to run online activity themed webinars for older people in care homes. The project aims to enhance the participants' emotional and physical wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to National Activity Providers Association
£40,000	12/12/2019 48	National Arts in Care Homes Day 2020-2023
The Baring Foundation - Grant to National Activity Providers Association
£40,000	10/12/2019	Establishing National Day of Arts in Care Homes as an annual event and developing related resources and initiatives to increase arts provision.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to National Activity Providers Association
£10,000	14/02/2019	Establish a national day of the arts to encourage care homes to engage more with a range of arts and to embed creative activities.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to National Activities Providers Association
£10,000	12/02/2019 12	Towards a National Arts in Care Homes Day
Comic Relief - Care Home Challenge Fund: Care Home Choir Buddies Connecting with Communities
£18,634	27/05/2015 12	We want to encourage mutually respectful and caring relationships between residents and care staff by sharing a common interest in singing and choral singing in particular and to boost morale in the ....more We want to encourage mutually respectful and caring relationships between residents and care staff by sharing a common interest in singing and choral singing in particular and to boost morale in the staff member and well- being in the resident.To enable the staff member to get to know and understand the resident both within the home and the community and become a true Buddy.To develop lasting connections between the care home and the local community through singing, choral music and public performance.6 care homes will identify 5 or 6 residents each that enjoy singing and invite them to take part. Each home will also identify 5 or 6 members of staff to be the residents Choir Buddy.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to NAPA
£67,455	25/02/2009 36	Towards Project costs Towards the cost of a training project to provide employees in care homes with the skills needed to provide a diverse range of activities for residents.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 46-72

CHINNO WILLS-COLE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Data Manager

ED WATKINSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Freelance, Other trusteeship: PORTLAND GIG ROWING CLUB,

GLORIA VALERIE HAYNES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Social Worker, Senior Manager, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, LITTLE MISSENDEN,,

OLIVER HENRY DIXON THOMAS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

SUSAN ASCOTT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Learning & Development At Careshield

SUSAN GOLDSMITH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

SUZANNE COOPER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Group Leisure And Wellness Manager

TRACY PAINE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chair Person

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/1998, number: 1070674
Registered at Companies House on 18/12/1997, number: 03482943

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR14: 34 days late, AR12: 120 days late, AR10: 13 days late, AR06: 2 days late,

Main office

NAPA
c/o Cansdales Business Advisers Ltd
St. Marys Court
The Broadway
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
HP7 0UT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE ELDERLY PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ADVICE SUPPORT AND EDUCATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER PERSONS IN ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH PROVIDE SERVICES OR CARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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