ISLINGTON PLAY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1086165 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of play opportunities and facilities for children in the London Borough of Islington: awareness of the importance of children's play, provides support to voluntary sector children's play, youth and childcare services, assists in the provision of training, helping groups consult, plan and design services, fund raise and recruit staff.

Objects

3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN ISLINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY AND LEARNING FACILITIES IN PARTICULAR BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(A)OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARENTS AND CARERS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES; (B)PROVIDING CLASSES IN PARENTING SKILLS; (C)PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS AND FOR THEIR PARENTS/CARERS, CHILDMINDERS, MIDWIVES AND OTHER CHILD-CARE PROFESSIONALS IN ISLINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN AND OTHER PERSONS HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND OTHER PERSONS;(D)PROVIDING CHILD AND YOUTH CENTRED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT;(E)ASSISTING YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE ACTIVITIES AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF OTHER ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES3.1.2 TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO ASSIST YOUNG ADULTS AND PARENTS AND CARERS TO OBTAIN ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £77,400 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a reduction of total funds to £62,370. The trustees acknowledge that the charity has not met its reserve policy requirement and is materially dependent on continued financial support from Islington Council to meet its operational obligations. Despite these challenges, the trustees have adopted the going concern basis, citing adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SCB (Accountants) Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).
• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Islington Play Association (IPA) (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Azizat Ayoade
• Dean Michael Langsdon
• Petronilla Nicoletti
• Sophie Bruschan

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• HARINGEY PLAY ASSOCIATION income £218k
• BIRMINGHAM PLAYCARE NETWORK income £329k
• LONDON PLAY income £148k
• PLOT IO COMMUNITY PLAY PROJECT income £266k
• IPSWICH COMMUNITY PLAYBUS income £143k
• BRENT PLAY ASSOCIATION income £192k

Side by side with its peers

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