Bishopston Play Association

Analysis

Bishopston Play Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bishopston Play Association reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 524%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bishopston Play Association sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Willowhale Community Association (£16k), Wales Deaf Bowling Association (£16k) and Bagnall Light Oaks and Baddeley Edge Village Hall Fund (£16k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.