HOUSE OF PLAY + EDUCATION

Registered charity 1147981 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE

We provide stay and play sessions for families, aswell as activities for the whole family during the school holiday. We provide support to carers and their families.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE GROUP SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION THROUGH PLAY AND PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATION OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE BY MAKING FACILITIES AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THEM DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

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Policies the charity declares

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• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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

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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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 26/08/2026, 207 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 03/03/2026, 396 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 01/02/2023, 1 day after the 31/01/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Jarska
• Michael Sharman

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

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