THE PARASOL PROJECT

Registered charity 1188736 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides inclusive play and leisure activities for children, teenagers and young adults from Oxford and surrounding areas. Disabled and non-disabled children, teenagers and young adults participate in activities together primarily during school holidays. Some activities - dance, youth group and Parasol Plus for young adults - run throughout the year.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OXFORDSHIRE WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND/OR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS AGED BETWEEN 18 AND 30 (“THE BENEFICIARIES”), THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR INCLUSIVE AND AGE APPROPRIATE PLAY, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH THE BENEFICIARIES MAY HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND/OR THEIR DISABILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY:(A) PROMOTING THE BENEFICIARIES’ EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL BEING AND DEVELOPMENT, THEREBY HELPING TO IMPROVE THE BENEFICIARIES’ QUALITY OF LIFE(B) PROVIDING TRULY INCLUSIVE, FUN AND SAFE PLACES WHERE THE BENEFICIARIES CAN SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FRIENDS(C) PROMOTING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIESAND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £7,865 for the year ended March 31, 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £91,849. The trustees expressed concern regarding the charity's financial health, noting that unrestricted reserves of £18,049 were below their stated target of £100,000. Despite the deficit, the trustees consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Louise Hemphillchair
• Amanda Jane Kerr
• Anne Michaela Schuster
• Anneke Hackmann
• Deborah Hunter
• Jeremy John Bloomfield

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT.

• PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT income £367k
• THE SOUTHCOURT AND WALTON COURT COMMUNITY PROJECT income £102k
• PLAY INCLUSION PROJECT (PIP) income £636k
• PARABOLA FOUNDATION income £448k
• EASTLEIGH YOUTH & COMMUNITY TRUST income £505k
• OASIS CHILDREN'S VENTURE income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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