Living with Equal Opportunities Ltd

Registered charity 1108948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PLAY ASSOCIATION HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM

Living with Equal Opportunities promotes, supports and develops high-quality play opportunities and services for children and young people in Hammersmith & Fulham and surrounding boroughs. It provides support, advice, guidance, training and resources to small voluntary and community groups that deliver play and youth activities for children and young people in Hammersmith & Fulham.

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Latest income
£440k
Latest spending
£505k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a strong financial position and is financially sustainable, maintaining three months of reserves. The organization is currently investing in staff development and relocating to new premises, while steadily repaying a Government Bounce Back Loan. Despite challenges such as service closures due to fire alarm issues, the charity continues to deliver services and secure funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure
We continue to maintain three months of reserves
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£554k
Total spending
£441k
Reserves (reported)
£236k
Employees
67

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Ealing · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£440k£505k
31/03/2024£456k£428k
31/03/2023£539k£441k
31/03/2022£494k£416k
31/03/2021£351k£335k

Common questions

Is Living with Equal Opportunities Ltd financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains in a strong financial position and is financially sustainable, maintaining three months of reserves. The organization is currently investing in staff development and relocating to new premises, while steadily repaying a Government Bounce Back Loan. Despite challenges such as service closures due to fire alarm issues, the charity continues to deliver services and secure funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2007£10kResources and Information Project

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM YOUTH ZONE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Living with Equal Opportunities Ltd£440k0unclearno doubt
HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM YOUTH ZONE FY2025£10.4m£60,001 - £70,0001unclearno doubt
YOUNG HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM FOUNDATION FY2024£422k£60,000 - £70,0001unclearno doubt
LIVE AND LEARN FY2023£984k0unclearno doubt
ISLINGTON PLAY ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.4m0unclearnoted
EQUALITY TOGETHER FY2025£1.2m0belowno doubt

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