Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 2

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Very static board: -5

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -10

HOUNSLOW TOY LIBRARY LIMITED

To assist the development from the earliest age of all local children with disabilities, throughall forms of play activity.To lend the best available toys. To provide an opportunity forshared professional and non professional involvement in a voluntary service. Drop in sessions for children & their carers run from our bespoke building & garden providing full use of all our toys and equipment

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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	*	£5	£23	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£7	£9	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£16	£20	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20		£38	£37	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/19		£32	£41	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18		£40	£42	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£51	£40	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£32	£37	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15?		£19	£15	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14?	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/13		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.hounslowtoylibrary.co.uk

hounstoylib@btconnect.com

02085695451

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Recreation

GiG Classification

Libraries

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hounslow,

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
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Toy Library
£12,500	08/07/2021 12	To kickstart the Toy Library for children with disabilities, lend toys, support families, remove isolation and welcome newly diagnosed children
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Toy Library
£8,900	27/07/2020 6	To provide educational, stimulating toys for disabled children to borrow. Also to provide social and emotional support for their carers and families, promoting a sense of community to combat ....more To provide educational, stimulating toys for disabled children to borrow. Also to provide social and emotional support for their carers and families, promoting a sense of community to combat isolation.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Toy Library
£15,000	08/03/2019 12	A multifaceted resource centre for disabled children, their siblings and families. It provides a stock of at least 4,000 toys, many specialised, to borrow and two support / play sessions a week for ....more A multifaceted resource centre for disabled children, their siblings and families. It provides a stock of at least 4,000 toys, many specialised, to borrow and two support / play sessions a week for 48/50 weeks each year.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Toy Library
£15,000	08/03/2018 12	A multifaceted resource centre for disabled children, their siblings and families. It provides a stock of at least 4,000 toys, many specialised, to borrow and two support / play sessions a week for ....more A multifaceted resource centre for disabled children, their siblings and families. It provides a stock of at least 4,000 toys, many specialised, to borrow and two support / play sessions a week for 48/50 weeks each year.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Toy Library
£15,000	27/02/2017 12	A resource centre for disabled children, their siblings and families offering two stay and play sessions each week (for 48/50 weeks each year). It also offers a stock of at least 4,000 toys, many ....more A resource centre for disabled children, their siblings and families offering two stay and play sessions each week (for 48/50 weeks each year). It also offers a stock of at least 4,000 toys, many specialised, to borrow. Anticipated that 350 families will be supported.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Toy Library
£20,000	04/07/2016 12	To fund the salary of the part-time worker,and general running costs of the centre which provides twice weekly drop-in play sessions and outings for children with disabilities, support for carers / ....more To fund the salary of the part-time worker,and general running costs of the centre which provides twice weekly drop-in play sessions and outings for children with disabilities, support for carers / family members and a lending library of toys and resources
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Toy Library
£18,000	18/02/2016 12	To provide a continuation of the Toy Library service for families with children with learning disabilities to combat isolation. Based in Inwood Road, Hounslow.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 51-82

CAROLINE MURPHY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: None, Other trusteeship: VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN,

INGRID HILDA O'LEARY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: None

JANET SMITH Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired

LYNWEN ROE (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/01/2012, number: 1145490
Registered at Companies House on 06/04/2011, number: 07593794

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR23: 46 days late, AR16: 16 days late, AR14: 127 days late,

Main office

HOUNSLOW TOY LIBRARY
INWOOD ROAD
HOUNSLOW
TW3 1XA

Objectives

THE RELIEF AND EDUCATION OF LOCAL DISABLED CHILDREN BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL AND STIMULATING TOYS AND EQUIPMENT AND IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OBJECT THE TOY LIBRARY SHALL AIM: 1) TO ASSIST THE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE EARLIEST AGE OF ALL LOCAL DISABLED CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR DISABILITY THROUGH ALL FORMS OF PLAY ACTIVITY 2) TO LEND THEM THE BEST AVAILABLE TOYS 3) TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SHARED PROFESSIONAL AND NON-PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN A VOLUNTARY SERVICE FOR LOCAL DISABLED CHILDREN.

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