Play Gloucestershire

Analysis

Play Gloucestershire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06260058). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Play Gloucestershire reported income of £449k and spending of £398k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £514k to £449k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Play Gloucestershire 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 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home Start Warrington and Cheshire (£448k), Toby and Regina Wyles Charitable Trust (£449k) and Charnwood 20:20 (£448k).