Acton Play Projects and Leisure Events ( A. P. P. L. .e )

Analysis

Acton Play Projects and Leisure Events ( A. P. P. L. .e ) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromyard. It was registered in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Acton Play Projects and Leisure Events ( A. P. P. L. .e ) reported income of £185k and spending of £193k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £146k to £185k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Acton Play Projects and Leisure Events ( A. P. P. L. .e ) sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Worshipful Company of Turners Charitable Trust (£185k), Pennine Heritage Limited (£185k) and The Wansford Road CIO (£185k).