PLAY GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Registered charity 1126562 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Play Gloucestershire develop playful communities with active children. Our aim is that all children and young people in Gloucestershire should have regular and easy access to high quality, free and inclusive places for play and recreation. We provide play delivery, play advocacy and therapeutic play nurture. Volunteering is an important part of our work and our message is "Get Out and Play!"

Objects

THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDING IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gloucester, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves were £195,567, which falls below the trustees' stated policy target range of £170,000 to £306,000. The trustees report that cashflow is secure and reserves are at a satisfactory level, expressing satisfaction that the charity is a going concern based on 12-month projections and ongoing funding renewals.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06260058

Funders the charity credits

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

• Wotton-under-Edge Town Council — “Wotton‑under‑Edge Town Council has committed to three years of funding for community play.” (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.

• VESHMIA, Sameera Harun — director, appointed 07/05/2025on trustee list
• LILLINGTON, Kay Christine — director, appointed 03/07/2023on trustee list
• CHAPLIN, Lindsay Jane Bridgeman — director, appointed 17/08/2022on trustee list
• MAUTTERER, Diane — director, appointed 25/09/2017on trustee list
• ARTHUR, Matthew — director, appointed 25/05/2007on trustee list
• LOGAN, Helen — secretary, appointed 01/06/2012

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Diane Mauttererchair
• Kay Christine Lillington
• Lindsay Jane Bridgeman Chaplin
• MATTHEW GUY ARTHUR
• Sameera Harun Veshmia

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Herefordshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTIVE GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

• ACTIVE GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £1.2m
• PARKS FOR PLAY income £285k
• LONDON PLAY income £148k
• PLAY WALES/CHWARAE CYMRU income £607k
• PLAY RADNOR / RADNORSHIRE PLAY NETWORK income £81k
• PLAY@COTHERSTONE income £6k

Side by side with its peers

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