OXFORDSHIRE PLAY ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 1160320 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OPA
OPA's mission is to Champion and support the rights of all Children and Young People to have access to high quality, inclusive, Play opportunities to improve their Physical, Mental and Spiritual wellbeing
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £4,692 against income of £169,640, with unrestricted reserves standing at £61,940. The trustees report that this reserve level is the highest since 2016/17, placing the organization well to cope with future disruptions.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: none
“Oxfordshire County Council (Councillor Priority Fund) / Sovereign Housing / A2 Dominion Housing / Abingdon Vineyard Church / Grant & Stone / Co-Op Community Grant / Green Square Accord / Littlemore Parish Council / Cherwell District Council / South Oxfordshire District Council / SOHA / Abingdon Town Council / Banbury Charities / Dorchester Group / Benson Parish Council / Didcot Town Council / JA Pye Charitable Settlement / Didcot Powerhouse Fund / The Howe Trust / Peabody Housing / Shanly Foundation / Oxford City Council / Waitrose – John Lewis / Eynsham Parish Council / Heyford Park Parish Council / Faringdon United Charity / Tesco Community Grants – Stronger Starts / Henley Town Council / Didcot Rotary Club / Emma Wilson Memorial Fund / Faringdon Town Council / Wheatley Parish Council / Witney Town Council / Carterton Town Council / Cottsway Housing / Banbury Town Council / Sanctuary Housing / Blenheim Bursary / Doris Field Charitable Trust / RAF Brize Norton Community Support / Bicester Town Council / EKFB / Ambrosden 4 Children / Platform Housing Group / Ambrosden Parish Council / Witney Town Hall Charity / West Oxfordshire District Council / Boots Charitable Trust”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (13/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ANDA MARUTA FITZGERALD-O'CONNOR
- ANNE LINDSAY BISSELL BA HONS
- Emma Lindsay Leaver
- Meryl Henderson Smith · trustee of 4 other charities
- Sarah Catherine Gristwood
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Northamptonshire · Oxfordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OXFORDSHIRE PLAY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £4,692 against income of £169,640, with unrestricted reserves standing at £61,940. The trustees report that this reserve level is the highest since 2016/17, placing the organization well to cope with future disruptions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds OXFORDSHIRE PLAY ASSOCIATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OXFORDSHIRE PLAY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY, FARINGDON UNITED CHARITY CIO, BANBURY CHARITIES, MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.
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