# GAINSBOROUGH ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1130827
- **Other names:** GAINSBOROUGH ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND LTD, GAPA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 29, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1130827


## Contact

- **Address:** Riseholme Road, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
- **Postcode:** DN21 1NL
- **Phone:** 01427617165
- **Email:** gapaltd@outlook.com
- **Website:** www.gapaltd.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** A. TO RELIEVE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDENT IN GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN NEED, BY PROVIDING SERVICES OF FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS.B. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL INHABITANTS OF GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.C. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

**Activities:** GAPA is a registered charity providing a range of children's services based on adventurous play, aimed at developing positive personal and social behaviour in children the aim isd to promote and deliver high quality adventurous play to children age 0-14 from Gainsborough and the surrounding area.

**Area of benefit:** GAINSBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Lincolnshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £163248 | £109899 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £100748 | £133574 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £108952 | £115913 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £77924 | £87916 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £85780 | £111083 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Karen Elizabeth Farmer** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 28, 2020
- David Farmer — appointed April 1, 2023
- Joanne Marie McGrath — appointed Feb. 22, 2024
- Nicholas Coxon — appointed Sept. 19, 2024