Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 2

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 1

WINDMILLS OPPORTUNITY PLAYGROUP

Aids development of children with medical/social needs. Supports the family of those mentioned. Liaise with schools to ease transition.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

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
31/07/23	£143	£120	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/22	£104	£97	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/07/21	£89	£93	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/20	£111	£107	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/07/19	£104	£111	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/07/18	£96	£87	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/17	£77	£75	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/16	£62	£67	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/15	£76	£63	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/14	£66	£66	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/13	£67	£49	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/12	£61	£47	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/11	£59	£53	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/10	£38	£32	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/09	£31	£32	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/08	£31	£24	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/07	£18	£23	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/06	£20	£24	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/05	£21	£23	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/04	£22	£23	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 26 years

www.windmillsplaygroup.co.uk

manager@windmillsplaygroup.co.uk

01444 220378

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Child day-care services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Windmills Opportunity Playgroup
£3,000	21/07/2022	Funding was provided for a small shortfall in core costs, which are specific to their diagnosed special needs children.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

MARIA PALOMA KING (Chair) Appointed: 2016

MICHAEL JOHN WIGG Appointed: 2020

SUSAN HASTIE Appointed: 2011

SAMANTHA JOY PALMER Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/12/1998, number: 1072977

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints 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
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

Sheddingdean Community Centre
Sheddingdean Neighbourhood Centre
Maple Drive
BURGESS HILL
West Sussex
RH15 8UA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FIVE YEARS SOME OF WHOM HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS THROUGH DISABILITY, DEPRIVATION OR OTHERWISE AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY THEREOF IN PARTICULAR(1) TO PROVIDE SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART AND (11) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES WHEREBY PARENTS AND FAMILIES MAY HELP SUCH CHILDREN IN THE COUNTIES OF EAST AND WEST SUSSEX.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST AND WEST SUSSEX

Data Sources