PIMLICO FAMILY WORKSHOP TOY LIBRARY

Registered charity 1157856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of 6 x two hour play and toy loan sessions each week x 47 weeks each year.

Objects

TO(I)PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN,FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROMOTING PLAY,STIMULATION,EDUCATION,DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING;ANDII)WORK WITH FAMILIES AND CARERS,WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£152k
Latest spending
£118k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £30,249 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £65,565. The Treasurer's report notes that these closing funds equate to approximately six months of expenditure, indicating a stable financial position supported by a good pipeline of funding.

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.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £84,798 — grants £84,798 (2); 56% of the £152,161 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £50,580 — grants £50,580 (4); 37% of the £135,725 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £9,333 — grants £9,333 (1); 12% of the £76,857 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£152k£118k
31/03/2024£136k£164k
31/03/2023£77k£99k
31/03/2022£63k£84k
31/03/2021£123k£79k

Common questions

Is PIMLICO FAMILY WORKSHOP TOY LIBRARY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £30,249 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £65,565. The Treasurer's report notes that these closing funds equate to approximately six months of expenditure, indicating a stable financial position supported by a good pipeline of funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PIMLICO FAMILY WORKSHOP TOY LIBRARY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PIMLICO FAMILY WORKSHOP TOY LIBRARY as a grant recipient include WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITYFY2024£8kCommunity

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
St Giles & St George10/12/2024£56kGrant to Pimlico Toy Library
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2015£6kPimlico Toy Library 30th Anniversary Mosaic

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 THE TOY LIBRARY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PIMLICO FAMILY WORKSHOP TOY LIBRARY£152k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TOY LIBRARY LIMITED FY2025£840k—0below—no doubt
TOTTERDOWN CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY WORKSHOP FY2025£87k—0unclear—no doubt
TICK TOCK PLAYGROUP FY2025£429k—0unclear—no doubt
MIRFIELD COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£86k—0unclear—no doubt
PIMLICO PUFFINS SWIMMING CLUB FY2025£86k——unclear—no doubt

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