Playaway

Analysis

Playaway is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in June 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Playaway reported income of £66k and spending of £68k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £33k to £66k (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Playaway sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Victoria Road Evangelical Church (£66k), Heart Research Wales (£66k) and Global Fusion Music & Arts (£66k).