NW5 COMMUNITY PLAY PROJECT

Registered charity 1027125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This charity provides a wide range of services and facilities for all ages of young people up to 25years, and their families, in and around the Kentish Town area, London. These activities include after school club, holiday playschemes with lunch and other food provided, junior clubs, youth work, employment support, intensive support for families under stress, traineeships, and a playsite open 24/7

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income
£208k
Latest spending
£134k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £6,463 to £100,876, while restricted funds were fully expended, resulting in total net assets of £100,876. The trustees report that the charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, despite noting that fundraising remains a difficult area of activity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£208k£134k
31/03/2024£130k£180k
31/03/2023£140k£219k
31/03/2022£166k£170k
31/03/2021£219k£116k

Common questions

Is NW5 COMMUNITY PLAY PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £6,463 to £100,876, while restricted funds were fully expended, resulting in total net assets of £100,876. The trustees report that the charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, despite noting that fundraising remains a difficult area of activity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NW5 COMMUNITY PLAY PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NW5 COMMUNITY PLAY PROJECT as a grant recipient include CAMDEN GIVING, YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION, THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CAMDEN GIVINGFY2025£30kEquality Fund
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£16k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£3kGrants to institutions
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2kEducation and the Young

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Camden Council25/09/2024£17kGrant to NW5 Community Play Project
London Borough of Camden25/09/2024£17kGrant to NW5 Community Play Project
Camden Giving01/05/2024£30kNW5 Community Play Project
Camden Council21/02/2024£210kGrant to NW5 Community Play Project
London Borough of Camden21/02/2024£210kGrant to NW5 Community Play Project
Camden Giving12/07/2022£10kNW5 Project
Camden Giving12/07/2022£1kNW5 Project
Camden Giving25/05/2022£2kNW5 Project
Camden Giving16/02/2022£8kNW5 Project
Camden Giving24/05/2021£20kNW5 Project
Camden Giving21/10/2020£5kNW5 Project
Camden Giving08/06/2020£5kNW5 Project
Camden Giving09/04/2020£6kNW5 Project
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2020£201kNW5 Project

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORRIS GREEN YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NW5 COMMUNITY PLAY PROJECT£208k—0unclear—no doubt
NORRIS GREEN YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED FY2026£153k—0above—no doubt
HAROLD WOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SOUTHCOURT AND WALTON COURT COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
WESTSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO FY2026£280k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TRIANGLE ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION FY2025£239k—0unclear—no doubt

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