The Stonehouse Playspace Association

Analysis

The Stonehouse Playspace Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in April 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Stonehouse Playspace Association reported income of £82k and spending of £92k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £135k to £82k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Stonehouse Playspace Association sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincolnshire South Federation of Women's Institutes (£82k), Centenary Theatre Company (£82k) and Barrow-Upon-Soar Community Association (£82k).