Springboard Chippenham

Registered charity 1010231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPRINGBOARD, SPRINGBOARD NORTH WILTSHIRE OPPORTUNITY GROUP FOR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, SPRINGBOARD-NORTH WILTS OPPORTUNITY PLAYGROUP FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN

Springboard provides playgroup sessions for pre-school children from birth to 5 years old with special needs, and a support and information service for parents and carers.

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Latest income

£383k

Latest spending

£383k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity came close to breaking even with a modest shortfall of £431 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have strengthened reserves to approximately four months of operating costs to safeguard against rising operational costs and funding delays. The charity remains financially stable with unrestricted funds of £254,947 and a going concern basis confirmed by the trustees.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02698820

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Springboard Chippenham (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

WOODWARD, Emma Laura Mary — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
MONTGOMERY, Gerard — director, appointed 26/03/2026on trustee list
ANDERSON, Yasmin Louise Hanley — director, appointed 14/11/2024on trustee list
HAWKINS, Kit Robert — director, appointed 16/11/2023on trustee list
EVERETT, Angela — director, appointed 16/11/2023on trustee list
STEWART, Elaine Susan — director, appointed 23/01/2019on trustee list
FARRELL, Anne Marie — secretary, appointed 01/09/2012

Official officers record.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Angela Everett
Elaine Susan Stewart
Emma Laura Mary Woodward
Gerard Montgomery
Kit Robert Hawkins
Paul George Sweet
Yasmin Anderson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£383k	£383k
31/03/2024	£338k	£334k
31/03/2023	£324k	£302k
31/03/2022	£310k	£324k
31/03/2021	£367k	£281k

Common questions

Is Springboard Chippenham financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity came close to breaking even with a modest shortfall of £431 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have strengthened reserves to approximately four months of operating costs to safeguard against rising operational costs and funding delays. The charity remains financially stable with unrestricted funds of £254,947 and a going concern basis confirmed by the trustees. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Springboard Chippenham?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Springboard Chippenham as a grant recipient include THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHIPPENHAM (ST ANDREW) WITH TYTHERTON LUCAS.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k	Sponsored Grant
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHIPPENHAM (ST ANDREW) WITH TYTHERTON LUCAS	FY2023	£500	Regular Giving Distributed :Local
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHIPPENHAM (ST ANDREW) WITH TYTHERTON LUCAS	FY2022	£500	Regular Giving Distributed :Local
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHIPPENHAM (ST ANDREW) WITH TYTHERTON LUCAS	FY2024	£250	Local

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/08/2022	£10k	The Makaton Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/05/2021	£10k	The Makaton Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/09/2018	£10k	Giving a child a voice
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/12/2012	£10k	IT Equipment to support the children and the charity activities ......
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/07/2011	£109k	Empowering Families with young children with disabilities and other additio
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/03/2006	£5k	To extend present premises