PLAYING ON CIO

Registered charity 1190286 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PLAYING ON COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

PLAYING ON PROMOTES SOCIAL INCLUSION BY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE, OR AT RISK OF BECOMING, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, ASSISTING THEM IN INTEGRATING INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR ENLIGHTENING STORIES, IDEAS, EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES, PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THEATRE

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE, OR AT RISK OF BECOMING, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM IN INTEGRATING INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR ENLIGHTENING STORIES, IDEAS, EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES, PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THEATRE, AND BY RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING THOSE PEOPLE, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR EXCLUSION.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; OR CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).2. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF DRAMA AND THEATRE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE INCLUDING THROUGH THE STAGING OF ACCESSIBLE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS OF ARTISTIC MERIT AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES."

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 £26,857 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £214,831 from £84,741 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £25,402, which falls within the stated policy target of holding between £25,000 and £30,000 to cover 3-6 months of core costs. The charity is not required to be audited under the small companies regime and received an independent examiner's report with no matters requiring attention.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• SAFE Taskforce — “The SAFE Taskforce-funded Drilling Diamonds programme is already delivering measurable impact for young people across Newham.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rachael Firthchair
• Cathy Laverty
• Edgars Smatovs
• Ho Yi Cheung
• Jacqueline Hammond · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karla Ptacek
• Kathryn Joanne Humphreys
• Zara Hosany

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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