PLAY INCLUSION PROJECT (PIP)

Registered charity 1108606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PIP

Play Inclusion Project provides respite to parents and carers of children and young people with additional needs and disabilities through short breaks activities. The charity delivers youth clubs, weekend clubs and holiday clubs during every school holiday period. We recruit staff and volunteers to meet the individual support needs of the children and young people who attend our activities.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION, BY PROMOTING INCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIPS, AND BY BRINGING SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS INTO CLOSER ASSOCIATION AND INTEGRATION WITH ABLE BODIED PEOPLE SO THAT THE FORMER WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVERCOMING THEIR DISABILITIES AND THE LATTER WILL BENEFIT FROM SUCH ASSOCIATIONS AND INTEGRATION, OR BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE COMMITTEE THINKS FIT.

Area of benefit: LANCASHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £3,237 for the year, increasing its total unrestricted reserves to £26,693. However, the trustees report that cash flow became an issue towards the end of the financial year due to unpaid invoices from Lancashire County Council. The charity remains financially sustainable but relies heavily on local authority grants and has raised parental contributions for the first time since 2015 to cover increasing delivery costs.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Blackpool Council — “Blackpool Council provides funding for us to deliver a weekend club every Saturday and Holiday Clubs during every school holiday period for …” (source page)
• Lancashire County Council — “Lancashire County Council fund our short break Holiday Clubs & Youth Clubs for Children & Young People with Additional Needs & Disabilities …” (source page)
• Department for Education — “The holiday activities and food programme (HAF) is funded through the Department of Education and provides support to children in receipt of…” (source page)
• South Ribble Council — “South Ribble Council” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gaynor Hope
• Ian Harrison
• Joseph Tantram

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

Operates in: Lancashire

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 CHIPS - Children's integrated playschemes.

• CHIPS - Children's integrated playschemes income £387k
• PARENTS AND CARERS IN PERFORMING ARTS (PIPA) income £326k
• BATH AREA PLAY PROJECT income £723k
• THE PLAYHOUSE FOUNDATION income £112k
• THE PARASOL PROJECT income £430k
• ST MARY'S TODDLER AND PLAYGROUP, TETBURY income £120k

Side by side with its peers

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