WESTON ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 290910 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To supply safe stimulating play experiences for children aged 5 - 14 years old.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF AN ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND FOR CHILDREN RESIDENT IN WESTON (A) OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; AND (B) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.

Area of benefit: WESTON

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£26k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £37,054, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of three months' operating costs. However, the trustees note a principal funding source has ceased and anticipate a significant deficit in the coming year, indicating financial pressure despite current cash holdings.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 months operating costs (held: £37k)
“The charity aims to hold 3 months operating costs in reserve.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“It is likely that there will be a significant deficit against income in the 2025-26 year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£29k£26k
31/03/2024£36k£19k
31/03/2023£41k£27k
31/03/2022£56k£125k
31/03/2021£60k£45k

Common questions

Is WESTON ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £37,054, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of three months' operating costs. However, the trustees note a principal funding source has ceased and anticipate a significant deficit in the coming year, indicating financial pressure despite current cash holdings. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/08/2007£4kWeston adventure playground
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2005£5kEffect Disc, Concave and Convex Mirrors
The National Lottery Community Fund01/04/2004£5kNew play area