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.

Objects

(A) (I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW AND OF COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES BY THE PROVISION OF A PLAY CENTRE FOR SUCH CHILDREN.(II) TO ACQUIRE BY PURCHASE, LEASE OR OTHERWISE ANY PREMISES AND TO CONVERT OR MAINTAIN THE SAME AS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY.(III) TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT AND ENGAGE STAFF.(IV) TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION AT OTHER TIMES FOR EDUCATIONAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMUNITY GENERALLY IN THE SAID AREAS AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR.(V) TO ENCOURAGE OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES.

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 · 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.

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.

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 title in 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"
City Bridge Foundation12/08/2016£3kEco audit to Marble Hill Playcentres
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2016£3kMarble Hill Playcentres - Re Imagined
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2007£334Sensory and Wildlife Garden (1st phase)
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2005£5kSummer Sports Project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2004£5kSummer Arts Project