Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 1

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 0

PLAY ENGLAND

Play England is the national children's play charity for England. Play England works to support better play opportunities for children and young people throughout England, based on the child's right to play set out in in Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 11 years

www.playengland.org.uk

info@playengland.org.uk

07958 427293

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23		£11	£14	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£10	£11	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£3	£4	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	*	£6	£8	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£12	£24	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£77	£78	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17		£23	£25	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16		£330	£308	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15		£371	£371	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14		£411	£395	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£98,535	01/04/2018	Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
Sport England - Families & Young Children Pilot
£60,000	03/04/2017 12	Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Transition Funding funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Families & Young Children Pilot'. This project is a Exercise & Fitness ....more Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Transition Funding funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Families & Young Children Pilot'. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Families & Young Children Pilot
£60,000	03/04/2017 11	Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Transition Funding funding programme for a Revenue project titled Families & Young Children Pilot. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, ....more Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Transition Funding funding programme for a Revenue project titled Families & Young Children Pilot. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-52

ANITA ROSE GRANT (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Executive

ARCHIE MORRELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Children’S Home Manager

HELEN DODD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Professor

KIRSTY WILSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Play Manager

PANASH SHAH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

RICHARD COCKER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Sales & Design Consultant Play

SIMON FAGG Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Landscape Architect

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/12/2012, number: 1150216
Registered at Companies House on 13/12/2011, number: 07880687

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR20: 4 days late,

Main office

Linden Accountants Ltd
Scrapstore House
21 Sevier Street
BRISTOL
BS2 9LB

Objectives

4 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS, BEING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ENGLAND, ARE:4(1) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) IN PARTICULAR A CHILD’S RIGHT TO PLAY AS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT (ARTICLE 31 OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD);4(2) TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR IMPAIRMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL 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;4(3) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR IMPAIRMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;4(4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH QUALITY PLAY OPPORTUNITIES, AND THROUGH DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING HIGH QUALITY AND ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH AN INTEREST IN THE PROVISION OF CHILDREN’S PLAY SERVICES;4(5) TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY CHARITIES AND NON CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER ASSISTANCE FOR ORGANISATIONS SUPPORTING PLAY OPPORTUNITIES AND PROVISION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND

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