PITSHANGER COMMUNITY PLAY CENTRE

Registered charity 1047674 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Playcentre for carers/parents with children under 5 years of age. The playcentre operates in the Borough of Ealing.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF EALING

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

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Registered contact address: Ealing, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£33k

Latest spending

£30k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus for the year, with total income of £33,184 exceeding expenditure of £30,300. Reserves stood at £7,575, which the trustees note is equivalent to 3.7 months of operating costs, exceeding their policy target of three months. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with no material issues reported by the examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Fees (53% of income)

“Income for the year was £33,184, primarily from session fees, party fees, donations and a little fundraising.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months’ operating costs (reserves figure: £8k)

“The trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to three months’ operating costs to ensure continuity in the event of unexpected income shortfalls, and we have 3.7 months at the end of the year.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 10
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 10

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Amanda Wakefield
Marie Jones
Roisin Aine Mary Doheny

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

Operates in: Ealing

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£33k	£30k
31/12/2024	£27k	£27k
31/12/2023	£26k	£33k
31/12/2022	£23k	£35k
31/12/2021	£24k	£19k

Common questions

Is PITSHANGER COMMUNITY PLAY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus for the year, with total income of £33,184 exceeding expenditure of £30,300. Reserves stood at £7,575, which the trustees note is equivalent to 3.7 months of operating costs, exceeding their policy target of three months. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with no material issues reported by the examiner. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MILLS CHARITY	1	£53k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUTTINGTON/TREWERN PLAYGROUP.

BUTTINGTON/TREWERN PLAYGROUP income £57k
BADINGHAM PLAY SCHOOL income £440k
BRIGHTLINGSEA PLAYCENTRE income £221k
POPPLETON ROAD PLAYGROUP income £84k
YOUTH CENTRE PLAYGROUP (LYMINGTON) income £138k
BENNETT COURT COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP LIMITED income £111k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PITSHANGER COMMUNITY PLAY CENTRE	£33k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BUTTINGTON/TREWERN PLAYGROUP FY2025	£57k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BADINGHAM PLAY SCHOOL FY2026	£440k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIGHTLINGSEA PLAYCENTRE FY2025	£221k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
POPPLETON ROAD PLAYGROUP FY2025	£84k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YOUTH CENTRE PLAYGROUP (LYMINGTON) FY2025	£138k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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