HIGHFIELDS ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1188989 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Highfields adventure playground association is an open access play provision for children aged between 6 and 14 years in the Highfields and surrounding areas of Leicester. We are open all year round and provide a wide range of activities, freely chosen by the children in a safe and child centred environment.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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 achieved a net surplus of £26,586 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £30,673. The trustees confirm that resources are sufficient to continue operations for the foreseeable future, although they acknowledge difficulties in obtaining additional funding to develop services.

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 3 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nazma Mohamedchair
• Claire Chauhan
• Rachel Ricketts
• Shenaz Sheikh
• Suleman salemangi
• sanchez James

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

Operates in: Leicester City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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