Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

TOY HUB 

Ensuring children in the area of HP4 and HP23 postcodes whose families are suffering financial hardship receive presents at Christmas time.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

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 ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
01/04/23*£9,241£8,188£1,0534
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

www.toyhub.org

hello@toyhub.org

07825270896

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Toy Hub
£2,350 17/06/2022
The funding will be used to support the basic infrastructure of a new toy hub charity operating in Berkhamsted and Tring area. The project will support the website costs storage and advertising. The ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Toy Hub - not a project as such but main service will run between October and Decmeber every year)
£1,000 16/06/2022
4
Grant to Toy Hub

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/03/2022, number: 1198216
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 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
1 returns made; AR23: 22 days late,
Main office

9 GAVESTON DRIVE
BERKHAMSTED
HP4 1JF

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE IN THE BERKHAMSTED AND TRING AREA OF THE UK FOR THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AFFECTED BY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BY PROVIDING FREE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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