Hackney Play Association

Analysis

Hackney Play Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05957488). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hackney Play Association reported income of £331k and spending of £361k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £330k to £331k (+0.4%), an average of +0.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Hackney Play Association sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% 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 Stepping Stones-West Wiltshire Opportunity Group for Children with Special Needs (£331k), Ark - T Centre (£332k) and @ the Rock (£331k).

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.