The Oaks Playscheme

Analysis

The Oaks Playscheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Petersfield. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and recreation, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Oaks Playscheme reported income of £21k and spending of £27k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £21k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Oaks Playscheme sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Albany Taxi Charity Fund (£21k), 1st Great Lumley Scout Group (£21k) and Stainton Village Hall CIO (£21k).

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.