Halton Play Council Limited

Analysis

Halton Play Council Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Runcorn. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03331471). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Halton Play Council Limited reported income of £251k and spending of £289k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £200k to £251k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Halton Play Council Limited sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Transport (Swadlincote) (£250k), The Centre, West Cumbria Ltd (£251k) and Morgan's Army Charitable Foundation (£250k).