The Play and Leisure Opportunity Library

Analysis

The Play and Leisure Opportunity Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08186829). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Play and Leisure Opportunity Library reported income of £136k and spending of £126k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £112k to £136k (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Play and Leisure Opportunity Library sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ascendance Repertory Company Limited (£136k), The Life Guards Association Charitable Trust (£136k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Mary, Bridgwater (£136k).