HARINGEY PLAY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1097752 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Haringey Play Association supports and develops opportunities for all children and young people to be able to experience and enjoy high quality play provision, through supporting groups and individuals and providing direct services across Haringey and London.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PRE-SCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IN HARINGEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BEING FACILITIES;(1) OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE A NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE; AND (2) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE LIFE OF SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELLBEING.

Area of benefit: HARINGEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net income of £14,331, increasing total funds to £131,372. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy aimed at holding sufficient free reserves to meet at least three months of running costs, though the specific unrestricted reserves figure is not explicitly isolated as a single 'free reserves' total in the summary notes, the unrestricted fund balance is £113,174. The independent examiner confirmed no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were inaccurate or non-compliant.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• 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

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04635536 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Haringey Play Association (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• O'LEARY, Catherine Nora — director, appointed 14/12/2024on trustee list
• JEYTE, Ahmed — director, appointed 12/10/2020on trustee list
• BRIGSTOCKE, Christopher — director, appointed 29/10/2019on trustee list
• ROBBINS, Polly Isobel — director, appointed 29/10/2019on trustee list
• DALY, Jenny — director, appointed 18/01/2019on trustee list
• DE'ATH, Michael Ian — director, appointed 01/01/2018not on trustee list
• DOUGALL, Stuart — director, appointed 14/08/2015on trustee list
• CLARKE, Pauline Angela — director, appointed 06/01/2014on trustee list
• MANSFIELD, Melian Barbara — director, appointed 08/01/2010on trustee list
• CLARKE, Pauline — secretary, appointed 20/04/2019

Official officers record.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ahmed Jeyte
• Catherine O'Leary
• Christopher Brigstocke
• Jenny Daly
• MELIAN MANSFIELD
• Mike De'Ath
• Pauline Clarke
• Polly Robbins
• Stuart Dougall

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

Operates in: Haringey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• HACKNEY PLAY ASSOCIATION income £331k
• LONDON PLAY income £148k
• HORSENDALE PLAYGROUP income £171k
• ISLINGTON PLAY ASSOCIATION income £1.4m
• Belton Playgroup income £163k
• HAWKESBURY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £59k

Side by side with its peers

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