Newark Play Association

Analysis

Newark Play Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01712322). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Newark Play Association reported income of £215k and spending of £245k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £189k to £215k (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Newark Play Association sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Young People Taking Action (£214k), Waddesdon Hall (£216k) and Home-Start Wyre Forest (£213k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.