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Registered charity (CIO) · Cardiff

Play Wales/Chwarae Cymru

The objects of the charity are, for the benefit of the public:(a) To provide and assist in the provision of facilities and services for play, recreation, education and other leisure-time occupation for all children throughout the world, including in...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £607k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
Where
Throughout Wales
Website
www.play.wales (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£607k£650k
  • 2024£502k£516k
  • 2023£850k£781k
Earlier years
  • 2022£690k£731k
  • 2021£1.2m£988k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 84%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objects of the charity are, for the benefit of the public:(a) To provide and assist in the provision of facilities and services for play, recreation, education and other leisure-time occupation for all children throughout the world, including in Wales.(b) The advancement of the education of the general public in relation to play, recreation, education and other leisure-time occupation for children through but not limited to the provision of resources, support, training and information.

Grants received

4 grants · £1,036,590 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,036,590 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,1552020-06-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £7,1002017-09-27
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,9502016-08-04
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,015,3852006-07-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

5.9y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 9Education/training 9Recreation 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£607k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.5 in 2021

7 from 8 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1068926
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 30 JAN 2020 as amended on 25 Mar 2025
Contact on the register
02920486050 · mail@playwales.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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