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Play Action International

To advance in life and relieve the needs of disadvantaged children and young people in Africa and throughout the world through:(a) The provision of educational play facilities, resources, activities and training programmes provided in the interest...

  • 4 trustees

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Recreation
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and more
Website
WWW.OPUSLLP.COM (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£894k£848k
  • 2023£618k£540k
Earlier years
  • 2022£494k£663k
  • 2021£568k£642k
Charitable objects

To advance in life and relieve the needs of disadvantaged children and young people in Africa and throughout the world through:(a) The provision of educational play facilities, resources, activities and training programmes provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life; and(b) Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities, and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4 trustees on the board

7.2y median 7y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4Overseas Aid/famine Relief 4Recreation 4

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 3Professional services 2Hospitality 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£894k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.5 in 2021

29 from 40 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
1172875
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 04 May 2017 as amended on 29 Jul 2020 as amended on 15 Jul 2022
Contact on the register
0203 326 6454 · LONDONENQUIRY@OPUSLLP.COM
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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