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Special Play and Leisure After School Hours

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1092987Tyne And WearDisability
Income£163k2025-03-31
Spending£171ksame year
Spent / received89%5-year average
Size in its cause73rd pctDisability
Registered2002Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Special Play and Leisure After School Hours is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne And Wear. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Special Play and Leisure After School Hours reported income of £163k and spending of £171k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £64k to £163k (+154%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Special Play and Leisure After School Hours sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walton Leigh School Parent Staff Association (£163k), Children's Hospital Pyjama's (£163k) and Gary Kesner Trust (£163k).

Income and spending

£0£47k£93k£140k£186k2021 Income: £64,2642021 Spending: £61,34320212022 Income: £108,5142022 Spending: £87,76720222023 Income: £185,6022023 Spending: £150,35220232024 Income: £186,4222024 Spending: £162,37520242025 Income: £163,2302025 Spending: £171,4562025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE HOLISTIC SUPPORT TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES/ADDITIONAL NEEDS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITHIN THE LISTED AREA OF BENEFIT. SUPPORT AND RESPITE ARE OFFERED TO THE PARENTS AND SIBLINGS, WHILST THE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE GRANTED VARIOUS PROVISIONS WHICH CAN AID AND ENHANCE THEIR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Walton Leigh School Parent Staff AssociationWalton-on-Thames£163k
Children's Hospital Pyjama'sSurrey£163k
Gary Kesner TrustLondon£163k
The Kelly FoundationWiltshire£164k