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Shakespeare Walk Adventure Playground

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1156526LondonAmateur sport and recreation
Income£174k2025-03-31
Spending£134ksame year
Spent / received92%5-year average
Size in its cause90th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered2014Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Shakespeare Walk Adventure Playground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07289310). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shakespeare Walk Adventure Playground reported income of £174k and spending of £134k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £93k to £174k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Shakespeare Walk Adventure Playground sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llanarthne New Village Hall (£174k), Edmonton Baptist Church Pre-School (£174k) and Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre (£174k).

Income and spending

£0£43k£87k£130k£174k2021 Income: £93,4842021 Spending: £89,34920212022 Income: £120,0962022 Spending: £117,77420222023 Income: £138,3712023 Spending: £121,51720232024 Income: £140,1552024 Spending: £147,35020242025 Income: £173,6762025 Spending: £134,0422025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We create the best play spaces for young people, aged 6-16, to develop key life skills, for free. We use play to turn community challenges into solutions, fostering resilience, creativity, and wellbeing by providing a safe and collaborative space where young people can experiment, take measured risks, and build life skills, to supplement the pressures of structured life and adult-driven agenda

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