Oldham Play Action Group

Analysis

Oldham Play Action Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in June 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Oldham Play Action Group reported income of £183k and spending of £202k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £220k to £183k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Oldham Play Action Group sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crimble Croft Community Centre (£183k), H.o.p.e. Halton Moor and Osmondthorpe Project for Elders (£183k) and The Thomas Franks Foundation (£183k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.