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Registered charity · London

Hackney Play Association

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £331k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Disability, Amateur Sport, Recreation
Where
Hackney
Website
www.hackneyplay.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Hackney Play Association
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£331k£361k
  • 2024£322k£383k
  • 2023£311k£382k
Earlier years
  • 2022£306k£357k
  • 2021£330k£254k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5% · Government grants 59%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS FORMED ARE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE PRIMARILY RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS BUT OTHERWISE RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BEING FACILITIES (A) OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND(B) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING THROUGH PLAY.

Grants received

17 grants · £492,779 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £182,488 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £104,279 (2 grants)
  • BBC Children in Need · £58,129 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £52,139
  • Hackney Council · £42,466 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9232024-08-22
  • Hackney Council £17,5512023-04-19
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £10,0002023-03-22
  • Hackney Council £9,9152022-05-12
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,1002022-04-14
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.

7 trustees on the board

4y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 7Disability 7Education/training 7

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

Tech and media 7Education 1Professional services 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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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£331k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
64%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1145960
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05/10/2006
Companies House
Company number 05957488 · Active
Contact on the register
07926584541 · KAY@HACKNEYPLAY.ORG
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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