Friends - Play for Disabled Children

Analysis

Friends - Play for Disabled Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St. Helens. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Friends - Play for Disabled Children reported income of £76k and spending of £78k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £60k to £76k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Friends - Play for Disabled Children sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chorley and District Mencap Society (£76k), The Gambia Welfare Society (£76k) and At Home Foundation (£76k).