CONNORS TOY LIBRARIES

Registered charity 1129353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

13 community toy libraries, Child Carers Toy Store lending to professionals caring for other peoples children, stock of additional needs toys for loan. Outreach staff to support vulnerable families with home visits and escorted visits to community toy libraries.

Objects

A) TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, THERAPEUTIC AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF:1. CHILDREN2. CHILD AND ADULT CARERS OF PERSONS WHOA RE DISABLED, LONG TERM SICK OR ELDERLY.3. DISABLED, LONG TERM SICK AND ELDERLY PERSONS IN RECEIPT OF CARE.IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.B) TO PROMOTE BETTER CARE AND UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is currently running on reserve funding which is projected to last until March 2026. The trustees report that income from services and grants is not yet sufficient to ensure long-term sustainability, and the charity faces a risk of closure if additional funding is not secured by that date.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Connors Toy Library (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Coralee Grahamchair
• Beverley Gabrielle Collins
• Jessica Sky O'Rourke
• Melanie Palmer
• Paul Sims
• Philippa Clare Dew

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

Operates in: Portsmouth City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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