THE SOCIETY OF HEALTH PLAY SPECIALISTS

Registered charity 1205808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHPS, SOHPS

Educational Charity responsible for both the approving of courses to train and the ongoing registration of Health Play Specialists

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE PATIENTS IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS OR RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE AT HOME OR IN THE COMMUNITY PRIMARILY BY: 3.1.1 PROMOTING HIGH PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR HEALTH PLAY SPECIALISTS;3.1.2 PROMOTING AND MAINTAINING HIGH STANDARDS OF CARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE VALIDATION, ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF HEALTH PLAY SPECIALISTS; 3.1.3 ADVANCING THE ADVANCE EDUCATION AND STUDY OF DEVELOPMENTAL, THERAPEUTIC AND SPECIALISED PLAY FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES; AND3.1.4 ORGANISING AND PROMOTING THE PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH INTO ACCESS AND PROVISION OF PLAY IN ALL HEALTH CARE SETTINGS AND THE COMMUNITY FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES. NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY STATUTORY PROVISION REGARDING THE MEANING OF THE WORD “CHARITABLE” OR THE WORDS “CHARITABLE PURPOSES” IN FORCE IN ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £68,032 for the year ended 30th September 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £137,583. The trustees report that these reserves are equivalent to approximately 29 months of expenditure, significantly exceeding their policy target of twelve months. The financial position is described as healthy with no material uncertainties noted regarding going concern.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christina Cleggchair
• Catherine Hilde Honour Anne Gardner
• Irene Lorraine O'Donnell
• Lee William Pryor
• Lynn Randall
• Mary Joy Clapham
• NORMA JEAN JUN-TAI
• Penelope Hart-Spencer
• RICHARD JAMES SPICER
• Stephanie Kathleen Sharon Fairbain

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED.

• HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED income £421k
• GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PLAYGROUP income £166k
• Paediatric Critical Care Society income £212k
• OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD income £549k
• FAIRPLAY income £2.0m
• WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k

Side by side with its peers

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