SHAKESPEARE WALK ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

Registered charity 1156526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWAPA

We create the best play spaces for young people, aged 6-16, to develop key life skills, for free. We use play to turn community challenges into solutions, fostering resilience, creativity, and wellbeing by providing a safe and collaborative space where young people can experiment, take measured risks, and build life skills, to supplement the pressures of structured life and adult-driven agenda

Objects

THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN RESIDENT IN STOKE NEWINGTON, BEING FACILITIES (A) OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED BY WAY OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES;(B)WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity underwent an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. The trustees confirmed that the charity managed risks well and took necessary steps to avoid significant changes in funds and services. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were disclosed in the filing.

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 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shakespeare Walk Adventure Playground (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nitasha Kapoorchair
• Christy Holzer
• Katherine Jennings
• Katherine Mengardon
• Mara Bodis-Wollner
• ariane hanman

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TRIANGLE ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION.

• THE TRIANGLE ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION income £239k
• THE SHADWELL COMMUNITY PROJECT income £117k
• THE OLD QUARRY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND LTD income £457k
• NEW PARKS PLAY ASSOCIATION income £250k
• THE PLAYGROUND THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £212k
• BRISTOL CHILDREN'S PLAYHOUSE LIMITED income £204k

Side by side with its peers

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