MARBLE HILL PLAYCENTRES

Registered charity 1110615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Marble Hill Playcentres operates a fully supervised open access adventure playground for children aged 5-15 years and a family drop-in centre for children aged 0-5 years.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£58k
Latest spending
£62k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £4,367 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a drop in charitable income from £62,690 to £35,614. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £42,038, which the trustees note equates to over 16 months' core expenditure, providing adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months (held: £42k)
The organisation seeks to maintain sufficient reserves to meet the running costs of the charity for three to six months — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein 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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£58k£62k
31/03/2024£105k£98k
31/03/2023£78k£110k
31/03/2022£149k£133k
31/03/2021£67k£39k

Common questions

Is MARBLE HILL PLAYCENTRES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £4,367 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a drop in charitable income from £62,690 to £35,614. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £42,038, which the trustees note equates to over 16 months' core expenditure, providing adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. 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 Fund07/07/2023£10kMarble Hill Playcentres Jump Project 2023
The National Lottery Community Fund25/05/2018£7kAdventure play days
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/12/2016£6k"40 years of play at Marble Hill Playcentres"
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2005£5kSummer Sports Project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2004£5kSummer Arts Project