Registered charity (CIO) · London
Playing on CIO
- 8 trustees
- Income £215k (2025)
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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.playingon.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£215k£188k
- 2024£85k£82k
- 2023£47k£97k
Earlier years
- 2022£131k£72k
- 2021£68k£67k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE, OR AT RISK OF BECOMING, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM IN INTEGRATING INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR ENLIGHTENING STORIES, IDEAS, EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES, PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THEATRE, AND BY RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING THOSE PEOPLE, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR EXCLUSION.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; OR CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).2. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF DRAMA AND THEATRE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE INCLUDING THROUGH THE STAGING OF ACCESSIBLE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS OF ARTISTIC MERIT AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES."
Grants received
4 grants · £84,627 total360Giving 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
- Ministry of Justice · £39,747 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,880
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Justice
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Rachael Firth Chair since 2026
- Cathy Laverty since 2026
- Edgars Smatovs since 2022
- Ho Yi Cheung since 2025
- Jacqueline Hammond since 2024
- Karla Ptacek since 2026
- Kathryn Joanne Humphreys since 2026
- Zara Hosany since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Rachael Firth Chair since 2026
- Cathy Laverty since 2026
- Edgars Smatovs since 2022
- Ho Yi Cheung since 2025
- Karla Ptacek since 2026
- Kathryn Joanne Humphreys since 2026
- Zara Hosany since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Jacqueline Hammond since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1190286
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Jul 2020
- Contact on the register
- 02036738150 · jim@playingon.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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