THE GOLDHILL PLAY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 512440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOLDHILL ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

We provide supported play for young people aged 5 to 16 years, in a friendly, secure and caring environment that is designed to stimulate their imagination and develope new skills. We aim to encourage physical, mental and social development by providing challenging activities and exciting play opportunities.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE SAFFRON LANE AREA OF LEICESTER, BEING FACILITIES: A OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND, B WHICH WILL IMPROVE AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPITITUAL WELL-BEING. (FOR FUTHER DETAILS SEE CONSTITIUTION).

Area of benefit: SAFFRON LANE AREA OF LEICESTER

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leicester, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £18,566 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a loss of £23,951 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity relies on grant aid and continues to receive support from the Big Lottery programme. The unrestricted funds balance increased to £1,065,773, while restricted funds showed a deficit of £774,728.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08075328

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Goldhill Adventure Playground (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GAULTY, Nicholas — director, appointed 29/01/2025on trustee list
• ASKHAM, Rose — director, appointed 29/01/2025on trustee list
• PALING, Dawn — director, appointed 29/01/2025on trustee list
• KOPACZEL, Kathryn Louise — director, appointed 15/03/2023on trustee list
• CHARMAN, Terence John Thomas — director, appointed 26/07/2019on trustee list
• RIGBY, Angela Susan — director, appointed 01/01/2018on trustee list
• DIXON, Delia Linda — secretary, appointed 08/01/2015

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Susan Rigby
• Dawn Paling
• Kathryn Kopaczel
• Nicholas Goulty
• ROSE Askham
• Terrance John Thomas Charman

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

Operates in: Leicester City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARK HALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• PARK HALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £66k
• PLAYSKILL income £630k
• GISLINGHAM PLAYGROUP income £126k
• GOREFIELD PLAYGROUP income £126k
• SILVERHILL PLAYGROUP income £121k
• NORTHFIELDS & DISTRICT PLAY ASSOCIATION PLAYBARN income £196k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.