Hope and Play

Analysis

Hope and Play is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Twickenham. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06318127). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Hope and Play reported income of £313k and spending of £372k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £86k to £313k (+265%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 208%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Hope and Play sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Street Baptist Church (£313k), Rainbow Living SW (£313k) and CFD (Centre for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People) (£313k).