FRIENDS - PLAY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN

Registered charity 1167995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We arrange a variety of recreational activities for disabled children, young adults up to the age of 25 and their families. These include theatre and cinema trips, craft sessions, soft play/sensory sessions, day trips to farms and zoos, tramolining, fun and float sessions in a swimming pool.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS UP TO THE AGE OF 25 AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN THE ST HELENS AREA BY ORGANISING AND ARRANGING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SAFE PLAY WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THEM, ENCOURAGING SIBLINGS TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND TO HELP THEM REALISE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE, AND PROVIDING INFORMAL SUPPORT FOR PARENTS AND CARERS OF DISABLED CHILDREN.

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 operated at a net deficit of £2,264 for the year ending 30 June 2025, with total funds decreasing from £99,293 to £75,914. The trustees report that the charity remains financially sustainable through a mixed funding model of grants, donations, and self-generated income. Cash balances held across unrestricted and restricted funds stood at £5,694 at the end of the period.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• 34SP — “Many thanks to 34SP to continuing to host our website free of charge.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Melanie Battyechair
• Emma Roberts
• PAULA ANN JONES
• Sue Rimmer

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

Operates in: Halton · Knowsley · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Sefton · St Helens · Warrington · Wigan

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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