BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PLAY THERAPISTS

Registered charity 1115673 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAPT, THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PLAY THERAPISTS LIMITED

Our main activities are to have a membership that is registered to ensure appropriate standards of Play Therapy training, continual professional development and supervision to protect the children, young people and adults and for the public benefit. We also have a website; accredit courses in Play Therapy;have a code of ethics;have an annual conference and provide publicity about our work.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN SUFFERING EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES BY PROMOTING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PLAY THERAPY AND PROMOTING HIGH STANDARDS IN THE PRACTICE OF PLAY THERAPY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, 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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £249,347 to £218,630 due to a net expenditure of £30,717 against total income of £93,468. The trustees confirm that assets are adequate to fulfill obligations and the charity is operating on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Kelly
• Andrew O'Mahony
• Esther Schencks
• Helen Jane Forrester
• Jane Jephcott
• Jeanne McLaughlin
• Jo Hill
• Julie Miller
• Maggie Fearn
• Paul John Kilgallon
• SARAH HICKSON
• Tracy Lanigan

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · 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 BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF HAND THERAPISTS LIMITED.

• BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF HAND THERAPISTS LIMITED income £160k
• BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF BODY SCULPTING income £32k
• BATH AREA PLAY PROJECT income £723k
• BRITISH PSYCHOTHERAPY FOUNDATION income £2.8m
• THE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION income £54k
• Belton Playgroup income £163k

Side by side with its peers

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