PLAY RADNOR / RADNORSHIRE PLAY NETWORK

Registered charity 1021896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PLAY RADNOR

ALL ACTIVITIES ARE RELATED TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ROLE OF PLAY AND RECREATION.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS FOR CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE DISTRICTS OF RADNORSHIRE / NORTH BRECKNOK BEING FACILITIES (A) OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND (B) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL BEING

Area of benefit: DISTRICTS OF RADNORSHIRE AND NORTH BRECKNOCK

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Powys, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£81k
Latest spending
£84k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in the process of being wound down with all assets transferred to a new entity. Free reserves are reported as £Nil, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £16,000. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern for the short period considered.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The actual free reserves at 31 March 2025 were £Nil (31 March 2024 - £293).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £9,961 — grants £9,961 (1); 7% of the £146,066 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Powys

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£81k£84k
31/03/2024£76k£97k
31/03/2023£146k£126k
31/03/2022£165k£154k
31/03/2021£166k£90k

Common questions

Is PLAY RADNOR / RADNORSHIRE PLAY NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in the process of being wound down with all assets transferred to a new entity. Free reserves are reported as £Nil, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £16,000. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern for the short period considered. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PLAY RADNOR / RADNORSHIRE PLAY NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PLAY RADNOR / RADNORSHIRE PLAY NETWORK as a grant recipient include THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUSTFY2022£6kSensory rooms.
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2020£6kPlay van
The National Lottery Community Fund21/01/2017£5kWoodland Nursery
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2015£254kThe Play Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund30/07/2014£5kFree Range Children
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2006£3kMobile Toy Libray Co-ordinator

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PLAY TORBAY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PLAY RADNOR / RADNORSHIRE PLAY NETWORK£81k—0below—no doubt
PLAY TORBAY FY2025£398k—0unclear—no doubt
PLAY GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2026£449k—0unclear—no doubt
PLAY RADNOR / CHWARAE MAESYFED FY2025£126k—0below—no doubt
SOMERVILLE YOUTH & PLAY PROVISION FY2025£173k—0unclear—no doubt
PARKS FOR PLAY FY2025£285k—0unclear15050.0%noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.