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SHROPSHIRE CHILDREN'S SCRAPSTORE, RECYCLING AND RESOURCE CENTRE - SCRAPPIES

Registered charity 1053752 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCRAPPIES

PROVISION OF A SCRAPSTORE FOR SCRAP MATERIALS TO ASSIST IN TRAINING FOR GROUP PLAY AND PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES MATERAIALS AND EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SHROPSHIRE AND TELFORD AND WREKIN

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN SHROPSHIRE AND TELFORD & WREKIN & SURROUNDING AREAS, BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF MATERIALS AND TRAINING FOR GROUP PLAY IN WHICH PARENTS CAN PARTICIPATE WHEN APPROPRIATE. 2. TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES, MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE INHABITANTS OF SHROPSHIRE AND TELFORD & WREKIN & SURROUNDING AREAS, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, THAT THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS MAY BE IMPROVED, SUCH PERSONS HAVING NEED OF THE FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: SHROPSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£37k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position has remained stable during the year, supported by regular donations and volunteer efforts. The trustees report that this stability provides a firm basis for extending services and activities. No specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure are disclosed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations
“The significant number of donations gives us the ability to provide low-cost materials for our educational arts and craft activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: Maximisation of interest but always with the proviso of easy access to our funds
“Maximisation of interest but always with the proviso of easy access to our funds” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£44k£37k
31/03/2024£38k£35k
31/03/2023£34k£31k
31/03/2022£32k£31k
31/03/2021£30k£25k

Common questions

Is SHROPSHIRE CHILDREN'S SCRAPSTORE, RECYCLING AND RESOURCE CENTRE - SCRAPPIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position has remained stable during the year, supported by regular donations and volunteer efforts. The trustees report that this stability provides a firm basis for extending services and activities. No specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure are disclosed in the provided text.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2006£8kCrafts Workshops