FERNHEATH PLAY

Registered charity 1148263 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FERNHEATH

Fernheath Play is a play centre and playground, providing a range of indoor and outdoor play facilities including a sensory room and garden for children with additional needs. It offers after school childcare and an activity club during term time and inclusive holiday playschemes catering for children with disabilities alongside their non-disabled peers. Holiday childcare is also available.

Causes: Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has ceased operations and is being wound up, with assets and liabilities transferred to another entity. Per the trustees' report, the charity ended the period with free unrestricted reserves of £30,268, which is below its stated policy target of two-thirds of annual expenditure. The independent examiner noted a material concern regarding the maintenance of adequate accounting records.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two thirds of the annual expenditure (held: £30k)
“The charity would normally hope to have reserves amounting to some two thirds of the annual expenditure at year end.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Audit opinion: qualified
“I have identified matters of concern in my report in respect of one area listed below as I have identified deficiencies relating to these requirements. The charity has failed to maintain adequate books and records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Charities Act.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees donated £nil in 2025 (compared to £24 in 2024).
“During the period ended 30 June 2025, Trustees donated a total of £nil with no conditions to Fernheath Play (2024: £24).” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Independent examiner identified deficiencies relating to adequate books and records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Charities Act.
“I have identified matters of concern in my report in respect of one area listed below as I have identified deficiencies relating to these requirements. The charity has failed to maintain adequate books and records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Charities Act.” — 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.

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.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£26k£40k
31/03/2024£40k£85k
31/03/2023£96k£99k
31/03/2022£96k£99k
31/03/2021£80k£81k

Common questions

Is FERNHEATH PLAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has ceased operations and is being wound up, with assets and liabilities transferred to another entity. Per the trustees' report, the charity ended the period with free unrestricted reserves of £30,268, which is below its stated policy target of two-thirds of annual expenditure. The independent examiner noted a material concern regarding the maintenance of adequate accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FERNHEATH PLAY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FERNHEATH PLAY as a grant recipient include INCORPORATED BOURNEMOUTH FREE CHURCH COUNCIL, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST.

Known funders

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