PLAY AWAY (ESHTON GRANGE)

Registered charity 1105377 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PLAY AWAY ESHTON GRANGE

To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for the benefit of those who by reason of their youth, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances have a need of such facilities in particular through the provision of holidays for such persons and the provision of community recreational facilities for local children.

Objects

TO HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE CHARITY AND TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER A THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR OR TOWARDS THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS:-THE PROVISION OF OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HOLIDAYS FOR SUCH PERSONS AND THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR LOCAL CHILDREN AND SUBJECT HERETO FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit for the year of £41,462, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds. However, the trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £349,731, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three to six months' expenditure.

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.

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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05098573

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.

• GRAYSON, Stephen Andrew — director, appointed 08/04/2004on trustee list
• MOORES, Barnaby — director, appointed 08/04/2004on trustee list
• MOORES, Lucy — director, appointed 08/04/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARNABY MOORES · trustee of 2 other charities
• LUCY MOORES
• STEPHEN ANDREW GRAYSON

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PLAYAWAY.

• PLAYAWAY income £66k
• PARKS FOR PLAY income £285k
• ABBEYTOWN PLAYGROUP income £32k
• LEYLAND PLAYSCHEME income £98k
• BENTHAM PLAYING FIELDS ASSOCIATION income £56k
• FAIRPLAY income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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