Play Adventures & Community Enrichment

Analysis

Play Adventures & Community Enrichment is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07758246). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Play Adventures & Community Enrichment reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.9m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2024, income grew from £1.2m to £1.8m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Play Adventures & Community Enrichment sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sant Nirankari Mandal UK (£1.8m), The Chester Link (£1.9m) and Get Kids Going (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £281k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 131 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.