WYEPLAY

Registered charity 1178476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WyePlay provides active stay and play sessions for families with pre-school age children in and around Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 5 WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, BY THE PROVISION OF SOFT-PLAY FACILITIES

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£62k

Latest spending

£38k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net incoming resource surplus of £23,924 for the period ended 31st May 2025, reversing a previous net outgoing position. Unrestricted funds stood at £36,297, which the trustees confirm is above their stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to approximately six months of total expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants and Donations (85% of income)

“The principal sources of funding were Grants and Donations £52,125 and takings from the session bookings £9,675.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately six months total expenditure (reserves figure: £36k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds which are free reserves of the charity, at a level which equates to approximately six months total expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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Volunteer management

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 31/05/2025

Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

Volunteers: 1

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WyePlay (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/09/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

SUSANNAH JONESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVINA CLAIRE DIAMOND
Emma Burnell
ZOE ANNE WILLIAMS

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£62k	£38k
31/05/2024	£45k	£28k
31/05/2023	£22k	£27k
31/05/2022	£15k	£28k
31/05/2021	£34k	£23k

Common questions

Is WYEPLAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net incoming resource surplus of £23,924 for the period ended 31st May 2025, reversing a previous net outgoing position. Unrestricted funds stood at £36,297, which the trustees confirm is above their stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to approximately six months of total expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WYEPLAY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WYEPLAY as a grant recipient include THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£9k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE	FY2025	£5k	Grant to other charities
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Education and Training

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/04/2025	£5k	Wyeplay Core costs
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/11/2020	£10k	WyePlay

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£10k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WYE UNDER FIVES.

WYE UNDER FIVES income £168k
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £104k
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £144k
REWILD PLAY income £106k
Wymeswold Preschool income £92k
WELLHOUSE PRE-SCHOOL income £118k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WYEPLAY	£62k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WYE UNDER FIVES FY2025	£168k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	0	above	188.9%	no doubt
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2026	£144k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
REWILD PLAY FY2025	£106k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
Wymeswold Preschool FY2025	£92k	—	0	above	22.3%	no doubt

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