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.

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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 (held: £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.

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