SOMERVILLE YOUTH & PLAY PROVISION

Registered charity 1121081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOMERVILLE ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND LIMITED

A FREE OPEN ACCESS ADVENTURE PLAY FACILITIES TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE;A SAFE, SUPERVISED LEISURE AND PLAY ENVIROMENT FOR OUR USERS;A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS(SOCIAL, ETHNIC & CULTURAL) CAN MEET AND INTERACT IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF SECURITY AND HARMONY;ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE IN POSITIVE LEISURE ACTIVITIES(PHYSICAL & CREATIVE), STEERING THEM AWAY FROM CRIME.

Objects

A) TO PROVIDE AND/OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY (THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THOSE WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE NEW CROSS AND SURROUNDING AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM, BEING FACILITIES: I) OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; ANDII) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELLBEING.(B) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF AREAS WHERE THE CHARITY IS ACTIVE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND NEED, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Area of benefit: NEW CROSS AND SURROUNDING AREA OF LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lewisham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit, with total funds decreasing from £560,958 to £462,113. The trustees have established a reserves policy target of approximately 20% of annual running costs. The filing confirms no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 27/03/2024, 56 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/03/2022, 29 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05970025

Funders the charity credits

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

• Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd — “This Christmas we brought our community together, making food, crafting and playing games, with the generous support of Winn & Coales (Denso…” (source page)

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.

• LOW, Sioban — director, appointed 08/12/2025not on trustee list
• COLLANDER-BROWN, Kirsty Rebecca — director, appointed 04/08/2025not on trustee list
• FRY, Phoenix — director, appointed 03/08/2025on trustee list
• CAREY, Shane — director, appointed 03/08/2025on trustee list
• ONONYE, Laura — director, appointed 19/05/2025on trustee list
• CALLENDER, Chris — director, appointed 14/04/2025on trustee list
• HUDSON, Shereener Donna — director, appointed 14/04/2025not on trustee list
• SHIMIDZU, Jacqui — director, appointed 22/05/2013on trustee list

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chris Callender
• JACQUI SHIMIDZU
• Laura Ononye
• Phoenix Fry
• Shane Carey
• Shereener Browne
• Sioban Whitney-Low

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

Operates in: Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT.

• PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT income £367k
• YOUNG GENERATION income £35k
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• PARKS FOR PLAY income £285k
• SOLENT YOUTH ACTION income £94k
• POSITIVE YOUTH FOUNDATION income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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