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    PLAYSKILL 

    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
    31/12/22*£100£133£-33n/an/an/an/an/a35
    31/12/21£351£396£-45n/an/an/an/an/a39
    31/12/20£420£319£102n/an/an/an/an/a40
    31/12/19£364£265£99n/an/an/an/an/a55
    31/12/18£216£201£15£0£0£0n/a031
    31/12/17£169£144£25£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/16£122£104£18£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/15£103£93£10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/14£103£78£25£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/13£80£66£14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/12£66£56£10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/11£59£53£6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/10£36£32£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/09£21£20£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/08£21£16£4£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 16 years
    Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Education/Training
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Hertfordshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • 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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£499,573
    BBC Children in Need£100,427
    DCMS£72,000
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation£25,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
    Co-Operative Group£2,217
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Playskill
    £500 20/10/2022
    0
    ‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Improving lives, building skills of families of physically disabled children
    £5,000 08/03/2022
    Grant to Playskill
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Playskill
    £2,217 23/10/2021
    We would like funds for messy play equipment, food and refreshments for parents, venue hire and therapy staffing, so our specialist playgroups can help local disabled children gain vital life skills.
    Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
    £500 11/08/2021
    Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Pre School Therapy Play Sessions for Physically Disabled Children
    £5,000 14/06/2021
    Grant to Playskill
    National Lottery Community Fund - Playskill (Continuation)
    £499,573 15/03/2021
    60
    The funding will help continue to develop early support for families and developmental opportunities for pre-school children with complex needs and disabilities. It would seek to embed established ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Playskill
    £99,927 20/12/2020
    This project will deliver a skills-development playgroup for children with complex physical disabilities in Watford. The activities will result in improved gross motor, fine motor and communication ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 18/12/2020
    Paediatric Therapist led Playskill Project
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Dome Group
    £10,000 19/11/2020
    Grant to Playskill
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £72,000 03/07/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Therapeutic Play Sessions for physically disabled children and their families
    £5,000 27/02/2020
    Grant to Playskill
    Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
    £15,000 07/06/2019
    Unrestricted core funding for small charities
    National Lottery Community Fund - Dome
    £10,000 30/05/2019
    12
    The organisation will use the funding to continue running activities and sessions for children with disabilities and their families.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Playskill
    £6,966 19/11/2018
    Money would fund our new Gartston Group for 1 year, providing intensive specialist help for three terms.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £30,000 03/09/2018
    24
    Playskill - Paediatric Therapist-led Project in Watford (the Dome Project) for Children aged 2½-5 years with severe physical disabilities and complex difficulties, and their Families
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Playskill
    £101,555 17/10/2017
    36
    Preschool skill development groups for 127 0-4 year olds with severe physical disabilities from Watford. Children will improve their gross and fine motor skills, self-care abilities and communication ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Playskill
    £478,444 26/08/2015
    60
    A project to provide early specialist support to help develop life skills and potential for pre-school children with disabilities and their families. The scheme will provide activities focusing on ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Playskill Watford
    £184,709 15/07/2010
    73
    This project will deliver pre-school playgroups and associated support services to pre-school children with disabilities and their parents/carers in Watford. The expansion of the project will allow ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/02/2008, number: 1122745
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    15 returns made; AR22: 219 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES/DISABILITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.2) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES/DISABILITIES THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND OF THE LIFE OF THEIR FAMILIES;B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF CARERS AND SIBLINGS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES/DISABILITIES AND OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OTHER RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES/DISABILITIES AND OF THEIR FAMILIES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE HERTFORDSHIRE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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