Godly Play UK

Analysis

Godly Play UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Godly Play UK reported income of £33k and spending of £32k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £33k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Godly Play UK sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rabbi Nachman of Breslov Charitable Foundation (£33k), Hyde Chapel, Gee Cross (Congregation) (£33k) and Nur Foundation (£33k).