PLAY ACTION INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1172875 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST AFRICAN PLAYGROUNDS

We are an international NGO whose mission is to use play-based approaches to enhance disadvantaged children's learning, development and wellbeing and ultimately, transform their lives. We support some of the most vulnerable children and communities in the world, including children living in extreme poverty and those experiencing danger, displacement, conflict and natural/humanitarian disasters.

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£894k
Latest spending
£848k
Registered
2017

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2024)

Total income
£894k
Total spending
£848k
Cost of raising funds
£50k
Reserves (reported)
£25k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Operates in: Kenya · Poland · Rwanda · Slovakia · South Sudan · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda · Ukraine

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025——
30/06/2024£894k£848k
30/06/2023£618k£540k
30/09/2022£494k£663k
30/09/2021£568k£642k

Common questions

Who funds PLAY ACTION INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PLAY ACTION INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust, Brian Mercer Trust, THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUST, R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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