Thurrock Play Network

Analysis

Thurrock Play Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grays. It was registered in May 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Thurrock Play Network reported income of £84k and spending of £77k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £112k to £84k (-25%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, Thurrock Play Network sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% 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 Friends of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales (£84k), Norwegian Church Cardiff Bay (£84k) and Cronfa Elw Park-Jones (£84k).