BRENT PLAY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1085110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BPA

The charity's object and it's principal activity continues to be that of providing and supporting facilities within the Borough of Brent for the daily care, play, recreation and education of children, young people, and adults who have special needs. BPA continues to advance the education and training of persons in the provision of such care, education and recreational facilities.

Objects

(A) TO PROVIDE AND SUPPORT FACILITIES WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF BRENT FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF BRENT

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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Latest income

£192k

Latest spending

£184k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £8,724 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £148,445. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy targeting 6 to 12 months of expenditure, and the current unrestricted funds significantly exceed the stated target range of £175,000 to £200,000 based on the budgeted expenditure.

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 (held: £148k; policy: between 6 and 12 months of the expenditure)

“Budgeted expenditure for 2025/26 is £ 179,000 and therefore the target is £175,000 to £200,000 in general and restricted funds. The reserves are needed to meet the working capital requirements of the charity” — page 10

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

MR MOSESchair
ANGELA MOORE
Cllr Anton Georgiou
Colin Alexander Hunter
MARTIN FRANCIS
PRINCESS GIBBS
Yasmin Bernadette Lovell
Zaffar Kalwala

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

Operates in: Barnet · Brent · Ealing · Harrow

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£192k	£184k
31/03/2024	£276k	£186k
31/03/2023	£158k	£190k
31/03/2022	£140k	£159k
31/03/2021	£183k	£121k

Common questions

Is BRENT PLAY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £8,724 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £148,445. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy targeting 6 to 12 months of expenditure, and the current unrestricted funds significantly exceed the stated target range of £175,000 to £200,000 based on the budgeted expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	11/04/2023	£60k	Grant to Brent Play Association

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
EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE)	2	£10k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£44k
QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£40k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND	1	£14k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE ORP FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE JOYCE FLETCHER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRENT CARERS CENTRE.

BRENT CARERS CENTRE income £794k
BRENT MUSIC ACADEMY income £138k
HARINGEY PLAY ASSOCIATION income £218k
BATH AREA PLAY PROJECT income £723k
BRERETON PLAYGROUP income £181k
BRENT MENCAP income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRENT PLAY ASSOCIATION	£192k	—	below	—	no doubt
BRENT CARERS CENTRE FY2025	£794k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRENT MUSIC ACADEMY FY2025	£138k	—	above	—	no doubt
HARINGEY PLAY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£218k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BATH AREA PLAY PROJECT FY2025	£723k	—	within	—	no doubt
BRERETON PLAYGROUP FY2025	£181k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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