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2022-03-31-accounts

London Play

Charity number: 1104731 Registered company number: 04055882 (England and Wales)

Report and financial statements For the year ended 31 March 2022

London Play

Contents

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Page Reference and administrative information ...................................................................................... 1 Trustees’ annual report ............................................................................................................ 2-12 Independent examiner’s report .................................................................................................... 13 Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account) ................... 14 Balance sheet ............................................................................................................................... 15 Notes to the financial statements ........................................................................................... 16-21

London Play Reference and administrative information

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Charity number 1104731
Company number 4055882
Registered office International House
64 Nile Street
London N1 7SR
Trustees Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as
follows:
Keith Cranwell
Hal Davidson
Nicholas Hall
Shalena Haughton-Peters
Melian Mansfield Chair
Caroline Needham
Colin Simmons
Barry Walden Vice chair
Key management Paul Hocker Director
personnel Fiona Sutherland Deputy Director
Bankers CAF Bank Ltd
25 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4JQ
Independent Mary E Ryan FCCA DCha
Examiner t/a Ark Accountancy
31 Cheam Road
Ewell
Epsom
Surrey
KT17 1QX

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London Play Trustees’ Report

For the year ended 31 March 2022

The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

Charitable objects as stated in the Articles of Association dated 10 June 2017 are:

To enhance the development and education of children in the Greater London area by developing and supporting the provision of children's play; primarily by:

London Play exists to ensure that all children have access to high quality, accessible play opportunities in London - whether in supervised settings or in the wider public realm. Through its activities it aims both to protect and improve existing play provision; and increase the amount of provision.

Significant activities

The charity's main objectives for the year were to:

London Play continues to support and work with a broad range of individuals and organisations who are interested in promoting, facilitating, and providing play opportunities for children in London. In addition to working with professional play workers and service managers, the charity collaborates with and supports parents, teachers, residents, community and 'Friends' groups and other 'lay people' and volunteers to promote the benefits of play and support them to improve and expand play opportunities for children in their communities.

Details of significant activities

Despite being in retreat as the 2021-22 year began, the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath continued to have a considerable influence on activities for the year covered in this report. London Play continued to adapt to meet the changing needs of children in London, as they emerged from more than a year spent in and out of lockdown.

Significant activities over the year included:

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as part of the Let’s Do London campaign, it was aimed at bringing people back into the capital following months of lockdowns and other restrictions imposed to manage the coronavirus pandemic.

Public benefit

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

Public benefits ultimately arising from London Play's activity include more active, healthy, happy children; better connected, more friendly, safe and cohesive communities; more skilled and empowered professional play workers, laypeople and volunteers; cleaner street environments and reduced antisocial behaviour. Additionally, free-to-access adventure playgrounds in some of London's more deprived neighbourhoods offer local parents a real alternative to paid childcare and free them up to pursue work or training opportunities to improve their life chances; and those of their children too.

All the benefits derived from the activities and achievements of London Play are ultimately to the benefit of all London's children. Benefits are focused on children in London only, but are not restricted in terms of charitable need, personal characteristics, access to facilities, membership, trustees' discretion, or ability to pay. No detriment or harm has arisen from carrying out the charity's activities.

Volunteers

All trustees give their time voluntarily and received no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 8 to the accounts.

In a normal year, much of London Play's work involves volunteers, increasing its reach and impact and adding value for our funders.

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Total volunteer days across all London Play projects: 280+

Members and supporters

Membership of London Play is stable at around 50 – they are involved in issues of governance. The number of supporters continues to grow.

ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE

Charitable activities

London Play worked on four major grant-funded projects during the year. Contract work was reduced significantly with Car Free Day and expected play street support commissions cancelled due to the pandemic.

Between April 2021 and March 2022 London Play directly generated more than 10,000 play opportunities for London's children and thousands more indirectly through its activities. Key activities and achievements by the organisation during the period are outlined below.

GRANT-FUNDED PROJECTS

Playful Communities/Play Street Carousel

September 2018 – October 2022

Legal restrictions on gatherings imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic were officially lifted on July 19, 2021, dubbed ‘Freedom Day’ by the UK government. Up until this point, outdoor gatherings had been limited to 30 people; and indoors, to six people or two households. Social distancing requirements were also lifted. This decision was subject to some controversy at the time and the summer of 2021 saw continued hesitancy when it came to organising gatherings, including play streets.

The Play Street Carousel interim project used play – memories of and future plans to resume – to generate and sustain a feeling of community between isolated neighbours on eight streets during the winter and spring of 2021. A suitcase full of art materials and audio-visual recording equipment was passed between households; inviting recipients to share their favourite games from across generations and cultures. Following the lifting of restrictions and once residents felt confident, celebration events were held in late summer and autumn on participating streets. The play street events included outdoor showings of the film that they had contributed to and playing the games they had shared during lockdown. The latter were featured in the booklet of games, also distributed at the events.

In November 2021 the mainstream project picked up for its final year, with four new boroughs of focus: Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets. Two Play Starter ‘apprentices’ were recruited in March 2022, in advance of the spring peak of interest in play streets, to support work in the Y4 boroughs.

It is clear that impact of the pandemic on the councils, communities and streets targeted in our work has a long tail and that things are still some way from ‘business as usual’. Capacity within councils to support and process play street applications has declined; staff were redeployed during the pandemic and some have not returned to their previous roles – meaning a loss of experience and knowledge. Subsequently we have been providing focused support to councils in the four target boroughs. Two years of uncertainty has also diminished

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many people’s confidence to plan community events; while controversy over low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) many imposed at short notice and with sometimes very little consultation during the height of the pandemic, has polarised opinions around use of street space and created a climate of fear in some areas. Our focus has therefore been on promoting, inspiring and raising awareness of play streets (through outreach, community events and social media campaigns) – a necessary precursor to activity happening on the street.

Estimated number of play opportunities generated: approx. 840 directly (+ many thousands indirectly through film, books, games).

Camp Build

October 2018 – September 2021

Camp Build was a three-year project funded by the Mayor of London’s Young London Inspired Fund . Each year was to feature three ‘build in the wild’ weekend camps for 11–15-year-olds who like building stuff or want to learn how. Following the disruption of 2020 (when Camp Build went ‘on tour’ visiting children at adventure playgrounds in their bubbles); the summer of 2021 saw Camp Build return to the forest at Epping for a weeklong finale for three separate groups from inner city London adventure playgrounds. They learned to use basic handheld tools and were supported to build whatever was bubbling up in their imaginations. This included a go-kart with automated flapping wings, colourful boomerangs that almost made it back, wonky candlestick holders and a dining table with giant teeth marks cut out in each corner.

Number of play opportunities: approx. 210 (36 children x 2 days, 3 activities a day).

Community Fix It

Jan 2021 – May 2021

This Awards for All/Lottery sponsored project finally launched in January 2021, having been delayed for nine months by the pandemic. As winter coronavirus restrictions continued to limit social contact indoors and saw adventure playgrounds indoor areas closed, this project supported play workers and children at adventure playgrounds to develop skills to maintain and add playground structures and shelters enabling play to continue in all weathers. Bethwin Adventure Playground and others created additional play spaces and renovated existing ones.

Play opportunities created: approx. 1,200 (400 children at the playgrounds, repeated additional opportunities.)

All Hands on Deck

May 2021 – Sept 2021

This project, also funded by the Lottery’s Awards for All involved the collection of games and ideas from the inventive children who play at London’s unique adventure playgrounds, to populate a set of playing cards. With the contribution of the Playing Card Makers’ Charity the games collected were merged into new set of Play 52 playing cards funded by Playing Card Makers’ Charity and highlighted London’s heroes.

Number of children taking part: approx. 125

Play opportunities created: 52 games/pack x 3,000 decks each game played at least once = 156,000

CONTRACTS & COMMISSIONS

In a typical year, London Play undertakes a range of contracts and commissions to support play streets, play providers, policy makers and other work across the capital. As we emerged from the worst of the pandemic, 2021/22 was still far from a typical year, however the enthusiasm for a reinvigorated, reanimated public life gave new impetus to existing projects and created opportunities for new initiatives, especially in the summer of 2021.

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Royal Parks Outreach Project

February 2019 – October 2022

London Play is working in partnership with The Royal Parks on this three-year programme, funded by the London Marathon Trust . London Play’s role is to engage children, young people and families who live in the vicinity of new build playgrounds in Greenwich Park and The Regent’s Park, via schools and through public events, ensure that they benefit fully from these new, state of the art public play areas. The programme has aimed to create a sense of ownership and belonging in ‘destination’ parks which have sometimes been perceived as for visitors only. With face-to-face activity suspended during the height of the pandemic, the project resumed fully from June 2021 with a summer and autumn programme of successful events welcoming people back to public life. The extended project will now end in October 2022 but the aim is to attract new funding and continue beyond 2023.

No of play opportunities: approx. 2,000 children attended events

Lunchtime Supervisor Training

Spring 2021

London Play’s director delivered play training to lunchtime supervisors at a London primary school, developing and piloting several resources in the process. It is hoped to promote this package to more schools in future.

Play opportunities: 380 pupils now enjoy better playtimes, five days a week.

Play 52 - Tales from the Shed

Summer 2021

Following the success of our first two sets of ‘playing cards that really play’ classic and winter versions of Play 52, a partnership with children’s theatre group, Chickenshed, led to the creation of a fourth edition aimed at younger children, which was released in the summer.

Formula Fun Fortnight – Let’s Do London

Summer 2021

London Play orchestrated a series of pop up go kart build and race events across central London as part of the Mayor’s Let’s Do London campaign, designed to get residents and visitors back into the city after more than a year of covid-related restrictions on public life. With the support and encouragement of London Play’s mobile kart crew, hundreds of children, some of whom had never before even held a screwdriver, turned piles of wood and wheels into exquisitely engineered and lavishly decorated go karts. The spectacle of children proudly and noisily parading their creations through the streets and past some of London’s most iconic landmarks, brought people out to celebrate – not only their achievements but also the hope of a return to life-as-we-knew-it, precovid, in our great capital. A grand finale ‘A La Carte’ at Spitalfields Market drew crowds to cheer on the four food-themed karts supported by local eateries.

Play opportunities: 2,000+ during events (over 2,000 children and supporters took part in the 19 events). Hundreds more at playgrounds and play streets to where the go karts returned for more play.

Lewisham Play Strategy

Commenced January 2022

In January 2021, London Play was commissioned by Lewisham Council to develop its five year Play Strategy. The work included a comprehensive audit of existing play spaces and services; a wide-ranging consultation and the development of a vision for the borough covering 2022-27 which is hoped to ensure that play remains a priority across council departments and is factored into all future strategic decisions. The strategy will be officially launched in early 2023 and London Play is likely to have a role in delivering on its aims.

Play opportunities: 1,000 children took part in the consultation

Ultimately all children in Lewisham aged 15 and under (approx. 62,000) will enjoy the benefits of a council with a clear commitment to play.

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Hallmark Play Garden

Commenced January 2022

London Play was commissioned by Hallmark Foundation to develop a pilot intergenerational ‘play garden’ where residents who have younger visitors can enjoy their company outdoors in a playful space drawing inspiration from the play memories of the older generations and the input of local young people. Now expected to open in spring 2023.

Play opportunities: 40 children contributed to the consultation

Once the play garden is open 100s of children and older people will have the opportunity to connect through play.

PUBLICATIONS

London Playwire e-newsletter

The quarterly London Playwire e-newsletter continued to bring news and practical information of interest to anyone who facilitates play – including professional playworkers, teachers, community groups, parents and carers. Sent to around 1,500 subscribers (more than 4,000 readers).

Play Street Carousel – Street Games collected during lockdown, 2021

This booklet was one of the legacies of London Play’s interim play street project, adapted during the third national lockdown at the beginning of 2021. Residents on eight streets in lockdown contributed their favourite games and illustrations of them, which London Play collated in this colourful booklet. It is now included in London Play’s play street kits for all new play streets.

Play opportunities: 500 copies so far distributed, conservatively1,500 direct play opportunities

EVENTS

Go Kart events: August 2021

In lieu of the pre-pandemic-style annual Girl Kart and Go Kart events (staged at Mudchute Farm), London Play’s team reprised the 2020 Together A-Kart model by taking the build and race action to the children on site at their adventure playgrounds. Eight of London’s most central adventure playgrounds in the Formula Fun events season – with four more adventure playgrounds from beyond the central zone going head-to-head in the grand finale, a four-kart spectacle staged at Spitalfields Market. Thanks to the Henry Surtees Foundation, which announced its closure in August 2021, for supporting this event one final time.

Est direct play opportunities: 60 children from three London adventure playgrounds.

Adventure Play Awards: October 2021

Islington’s Barnard Adventure Playground was named London’s Adventure Playground of the Year as the hotly anticipated annual event returned to the West End after covid forced the previous year’s proceedings online. Playgrounds in Merton, Lambeth and Hackney also came away with awards, which saw around 200 children coming together at a joyous celebration at the Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End. As well as promoting children’s pride in their playgrounds this event also comes with the opportunity to promote adventure play to the wider public with local press covering winning groups.

Play opportunities: 250 children attended the event (many more involved at playgrounds taking part)

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OTHER Advice, support and guidance

London Play continued to offer advice, support and guidance freely via phone, email and in person in response to demand. Interest in play streets was slow in the wake of restrictions being lifted but London Play continued supporting residents and councils across London on their (sometimes quite lengthy) journey to get children playing out in the streets where they live. Support provided included advice and guidance on legislation and practicalities, attending public meetings to talk about the benefits of play streets, promotion and linking groups with one another.

Social media

London Play continued to build its social media presence during the year. Our Facebook following is approximately 37,000, maintaining London Play’s status as the most-followed play organisation in the country (if not the world). Twitter followers numbered 4,176 at the end of March.

Policy and campaigning

Policy change

In June 2021, London Play, along with play street residents, pressured Croydon Council into reversing its decision to introduce a new charge for residents in the borough to apply for play streets.

Streets for play, streets for people

In August 2021, London Play contributed to the success of the Let’s Do London campaign as public life returned to the capital’s streets. We used this as an opportunity to highlight the benefits of play, children’s right to play and the myriad benefits of play streets – including London Play director taking part in radio interviews with a combined audience of 2.5 million listeners.

Other campaigns

London Play joined 700 organisations as part of the NCB’s Build Back Childhood campaign; and the #TimeToPlay campaign from the British Psychological Society.

London Play Design

London Play Design is celebrating its 5th birthday this November. The main developments over the year have been to increase the number of partnerships with corporations and facilitating maintenance work done by Community Payback (CP) through HM Probation Service. Both CP and the rising number of corporate volunteer days mean that the organisation is now in a much better position to support its main client group, London’s adventure playgrounds. Anyone interested in hosting corporate volunteer days or a regular group of probationers delivering free maintenance and repairs at their site should get in touch with Luis via www.londonplaydesign.org.uk

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS

The Covid-19 pandemic, despite being in retreat by the spring of 2021, continued to have a major impact on London Play’s work. As noted in last year’s report, we were grateful for the support of our longer-term funders who recognised that the projects they had agreed to fund could not be delivered as originally planned but trusted London Play to use the resources they provided to adapt and meet the challenges arising. In 2021 this continued to be the case and we are particularly grateful to the National Lottery Communities Fund and the

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Mayor of London for allowing us to adapt the Playful Communities and Camp Build projects to meet the needs as we saw fit.

Many funders paused their usual programmes and launched emergency funds to address the huge needs arising directly from the pandemic. London Play was very successful in winning such emergency funding during the height of the pandemic. However, the charity is now facing a period of some uncertainty due to a delay in the relaunch of some funding streams coinciding with the end of several longer term funded projects. We continue to be optimistic that we will attract new supporters for our developing and highly fundable ideas.

Funding awarded to support core costs from the Garfield Weston was extremely welcome and provided additional stability to develop new ideas for future funding. We were also grateful to receive an unrestricted donation from the Henry Surtees Foundation as a closing gift.

The staff team downsized slightly during the year, reducing from five to four permanent members of staff. The pool of sessional staff increased during the year and London Play is pleased to have access to a range of qualified and talented individuals who can be called on for their skills when the need arises.

London Play trustees continue to be appreciative of the adaptability, tenacity and creativity shown by the staff team in responding to ongoing challenging times.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Income this year at £228k is £149k lower than last year’s but this is countered by a decrease in total expenditure of £103k compared to last year. Some £157k of income in the previous financial year was derived from ‘emergency’ funds made available by funders to meet the acute needs of children and families suffering disproportionately from the impacts of pandemic control measures. This resulted in proportionately higher costs.

This year we see higher Unrestricted income of £150k, with £106k of contracted income from the Greater London Authority, Royal Parks and Hallmark Care Homes Foundation. This flowed through to an £62k increase in Unrestricted Reserves; some of which has been designated for build and design costs on the Hallmark project. Restricted Income was £78k with associated costs at £156k. This higher cost is partly due to 2020 projects being deferred to 2021 because of pandemic restrictions. Camp Build, a major project started in 2018, was completed this year.

We have a number of longer-term projects in progress including the Lewisham Play Strategy, Hallmark Play Garden, Tower Hamlets Play Streets and Estates, and Communities United for Play. In process is a bridging contract with The Royal Parks whilst they seek to secure continuation funding.

Unrestricted reserves of £102k means that London Play can continue to operate as a going concern.

RESERVES POLICY

The Board of Trustees has reviewed the reserves policy in light of guidance from the Charity Commission. The reserves should be adequate to cover:

As a result of the review, The Trustees believe that the Charity should aim to hold free reserves of between £45k to £85k. Total reserves at year end of £102k are sufficient to meet that target.

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FUTURE PLANS

In a time of uncertainty London Play’s mission is to make sure that play is a certainty in the lives of young Londoners.

As a team of four this is a big undertaking, and we understand we can get there quicker if we work with others with a similar ethos and aim. We have long recognised that our work brings people together, so it is apt that we work in that manner too. The year ahead will see us developing a new relationship with the Royal College of Art, beginning with a collaboration towards the end of 2022. This will assign RCA MA students to three London adventure playgrounds to research their value to the community. They will speak to those in the playground and living around the playground to get their views; and also excitingly will be looking to the future and how adventure playgrounds can equip themselves to meet the needs of local children in the 21st century. These collaborations will also continue to strengthen the relationship London Play has built with the capital’s amazing adventure playgrounds. In 2023 we will continue to celebrate their work through the films of the children that attend these magical play spaces and our Adventure Play Awards in Leicester Square.

A second project to begin in 2023 entitled Roads Gallery will see more RCA MA students working with play street communities to develop artwork, a giant works of art on the car-free tarmac, created in a day and filmed by drone to show the community in context within their neighbourhood, their borough and their corner of London.

London Play is also developing a working relationship with the Metropolitan Police to share ideas on how to engage with children and young people through the trust and confidence programme. This will include attending play streets and giving Londoners a chance to meet the people behind the uniform.

Our Play Gardens initiative in partnership with Hallmark Foundation, the charity arm of Hallmark Care Homes, will see the first play garden installation opened in the spring of 2023. These intergenerational play spaces will create a new kind of meeting space for young relatives and their elderly folk to meet, play, tell stories and be together. Our intention is to exhibit a play garden at the 2023 Chelsea Flower Show which we hope will lead to more play gardens in more elderly care homes where children can connect playfully with their elderly family members.

Our fruitful partnership with the Royal Parks is now in its fourth year, and the plan is to continue the work of opening up the Royal Parks to local communities that are under-represented with further funding from the London Marathon Trust in spring 2023.

We also intend to continue with our popular Back to Nature days at a private woodland available to London Play in Reading. These are transformational days out for young people that don't often have the opportunity to spend time under a canopy of trees away from traffic and concrete.

In development is a Voice for Young London initiative with ‘play and say’ sessions providing young people across London with a space to have their views heard on the things that matter to them. These sessions will also help London Play’s trustees and staff team hear from the people we work for, about what they want London Play to focus on. We are also determined to bring the widest range of voices into London Play as possible and are working to a programme to enhance the diversity at every level at London Play.

We will continue to attract commissions from local authorities to build on the work that we delivered for Lewisham Council in creating a new five-year play strategy; and in Tower Hamlets our two-year contract to

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put in place a play street culture that will thrive long into the future. Our long-term ambition to create a museum dedicated to play - the Do-seum -will develop in 2023 as discussions with a London council considering hosting the museum continue.

Other projects in the pipeline include the Where We Played, commemorating long-lost play places across London by talking to older adults – particularly those from communities who are under-represented in public spaces – that used to play there. We are also completing an application for a play and arts project that will take London children on day and residential trips into the wilds to create artwork in and with nature.

At the time of writing, we were disappointed to have come to the end of the line for now of funding for our play street work through the Lottery’s Reaching Communities strand. However, we are through to the second round of selection for funding via another Lottery funding stream, the Peoples Projects – which will enable us to continue our work, reanimating through play some under loved spaces on estates in some of London's most deprived neighbourhoods.

We operate in a climate of highly competitive applications for funding and rejection of good, problem-solving ideas is all too common. However, we have been here before and we have prevailed. The team share the vision and have the bright ideas and tenacity to ensure London Play continues to deliver for the most important people in London – the capital’s children.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

Appointment of Trustees

The charity is governed by a Board of Trustees which is elected from the membership at the Annual General Meeting; additional trustees can be co-opted by the Board during the year and formally appointed at the following AGM. On appointment new trustees are sent an induction pack and are offered induction opportunities with staff and trustees; as well as being offered training opportunities as they arise during the year. Training on equality and diversity was undertaken by trustees in November 2021 as part of London Play’s commitment to diversifying its leadership and recruitment of new members whose lived experience better reflects that of our beneficiaries remains a priority for the organisation.

No new trustees were appointed or resigned during the year.

Trustees met approximately every six to eight weeks to make strategic, policy, and financial decisions on the basis of reports submitted by the Senior Management Team. These meetings were all held remotely in the 2021-22 year.

Organisational structure

Since 1 April 2005, London Play has been operating as an incorporated charity (Charity No.1104731, Company No.4055882), following a transfer from the old charity (No. 1075508) under its Memorandum and Articles of Association.

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London Play Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 March 2022 I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. Responsibilitie5 and basis of report A5 the charity's trustees of the Company land also its directors for the purposes of company lawl you are responsible foi the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 20061.the 2006 Act'l. Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts a5 carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 I'the 2011 Act'l. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151 Ibl of the 2011 Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe.. actounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 ACL or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records,. or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as parl of an independent examination,. or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities lapplicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 10211. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached Mary Ryan tla Ark Accountancy Chartered Certified Accountant 31 Cheam Road Ewell Epsom Surrey KT17 1 QX Date..

London Play

Statement of Financial Activities

For the year ended 31 March 2022

2022 2021
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
Note £ £ £ £ £ £
Income from:
Donations and Legacies 2 10,600 5,175 15,775 2,051 - 2,051
Charitable activities 3 128,724 73,265 201,989 24,468 302,727 327,195
Other trading activities 4 10,649 - 10,649 11,729 - 11,729
Investments 5 20 - 20 58 - 58
Other 6 - - - - 36,500 36,500
Total income 149.993 78,440 228,433 38,306 339,227 377,533
Expenditure on:
Raising funds 269 - 269 2,398 1,944 4,342
Charitable activities 87,497 155,749 243,246 10,694 290,739 301,433
Other - - - - 40,774 40,774
Total expenditure 7 87,766 155,749 243,515 13,092 333,457 346,549
Net income/(expenditure) before net
gains/(losses) on investments		 62,227 (77,309) (15,082) 25,214 5,770 30,984
Net gains/(losses) on investments - - - - - -
Net income/(expenditure) for the year 62,227 (77,309) (15,082) 25,214 5,770 30,984
Transfers between funds - - - 880 (880) -
Net movement in funds 17 62,227 (77,309) (15,082) 26,094 4,890 30,984
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward 40,372 105,089 145,461 14,278 100,199 114,477
Total funds carried forward 102,599 27,780 130,379 40,372 105,089 145,461

All income and expenditure has arisen from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)’, Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The charity has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’:

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. Computer equipment: 33% on cost

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Pension costs

The charity makes payments under defined contribution pension schemes. Contributions payable are charged to the Statement of Financial Activity in the period to which they relate.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

2. Income from donations and legacies

Donations 2022
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
10,600
5,175
15,775
10,600
5,175
15,775		 2021
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
2,051
-
2,051
2,051
-
2,051

3. Income from charitable activities

Grants
Contracts
Activity charges		 2022
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
20,000
73,265
93,265
106,349
-
106,349
2,375
-
2,375
128,724
73,265
201,989		 2021
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
14,300
302,727
317,027
10,168
-
10,168
-
-
-
24,468
302,727
327,195

4. Income from other trading activities

Advertising
Sponsorship
Consultancy
Merchandise		 2022
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
960
-
960
5,865
-
5,865
1,173
-
1,173
2,651
-
2,261
10,649
-
10,649		 2021
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
175
-
175
5,864
-
5,864
-
-
-
5,689
-
5,689
11,729
-
11,729

5. Income from investments

Interest earned on deposits 2022
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
20
-
20

20
-
20		 2021
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
58
-
58
58
-
58

6. Other Income

Grants for core activities 2022
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-		 2021
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
-
36,500
36,500
-
36,500
36,500

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

7. Expense Analysis

Salaries
Other personnel costs
Contractors
Materials and Equipment
Venue Hire
Catering and Travel Costs
Printing and Publicity
Accommodation costs
IT and Communications
Office costs
Travel and Meetings
Accounting and IE
Other professional fees
Finance costs
Support and Governance
Total Expenditure		 2022
2021
Raising
Funds
Charitable
Activities
Governance
& Support
Total
Raising
Funds
Charitable
Activities
Governance
& Support
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
-
145,242
2,440
147,682
1,633
128,615
32,773
163,021
-
70
858
928
-
823
-
823
-
32,735
-
32,735
-
92,951
-
92,951
-
16,023
235
16,258
-
41,602
-
41,602
-
3,007
-
3,007
-
-
-
-
-
9,727
-
9,727
-
2,222
-
2,222
-
12,283
-
12,283
-
1,679
-
1,679
-
2,458
-
2,458
64
4,147
1,059
5,270
-
185
2,823
3,008
-
6.998
17,439
24,437
246
374
3,190
3,810
29
1.843
4.986
6,858
-
31
214
245
-
20
77
97
-
-
5,985
5,985
-
-
4,336
4,336
-
-
5,252
5,252
2,320
-
720
3,040
-
-
137
137
-
-
213
213
246
222,135
21,134
243,515
4,046
280,900
61,603
346,549
23
21,111
(21,134)
-
296
20,533
(20,829)
-
269
243,246
0
243,515
4,342
301,433
40,774
346,549

8. Net expenditure for the year

.
Net expenditure for the year
2022 2021
£ £
Trustee expenses - -
Operating lease rentals:
Property 2,495 4,992
Other - 12,218
Depreciation - -
Independent examiner's remuneration (excluding VAT) 1,100 1,100

9. Analysis of staff costs, trustee remuneration and expenses, and the cost of key management personnel

Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Employer’s contribution to defined contribution pension schemes
Total		 2022
£
133,767
8,194
5,721
147,682		 2021
£
146,688
10,008
6,325
163,021

No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year (2021: nil).

The total employee benefits (including pension contributions and employer's national insurance) of the key management personnel were £83,007 (2021: £95,049).

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

No charity trustee (2021: 0) was paid for employment with the charity in the year (2021: £nil). No charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2021: £nil).

No reimbursement was made (2021: £nil) to any trustee (2021: 0) for travel and other expenses in the year.

10. Staff numbers

The average number of employees (head count based on number of staff employed) during the year was as follows:

2022 2021
No. No.
Charitable activities 4 5
Support 1 1
Total 5 6

11. Tangible fixed assets

Fixed assets were fully depreciated.

12. Debtors: amounts falling due within one year

Trade debtors
Other debtors
3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals
Deferred income
4. Analysis of net assets between funds – this year
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors - amounts falling due within one year
Net assets at the end of the year		 Unrestricted
£
30,082
82,207
(9,690)
102,599		 2022
£
28,917
1,165
30,082
2022
£
2,611
3,454
187
3,438
-
9,690
Restricted
£
-
27,780
-
27,780		 2021
£
3,973
100
4,073
2021
£
13,942
3,295
1,467
2,331
9,930
30,965
Total
funds
£
30,082
109,987
(9,690)
130,379

13. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

14. Analysis of net assets between funds – this year

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

15. Analysis of net assets between funds - prior year

Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors - amounts falling due within one year
Net assets at the end of the year		 Unrestricted
£
4,073
57,334
(21,035)
40,372		 Restricted
£
-
115,019
(9,930)
105,089		 Total
funds
£
4,073
172,353
(30,965)
145,461

16. Movements in funds

6. Movements in funds
Restricted funds:
Camp Build
Community Fix it Up
Play Works
Playful Communities
Play 52
Days Out In Nature
All Hands on Deck
Royal Parks Outreach Project
Tudor Development
Total restricted funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds		 At the
start of
the year
Incoming
resources
& gains
Outgoing
resources
& losses
Transfers
At the
end of
the year
£
£
£
£
£
28,569
6,175
(34,744)
-
-
4,907
-
(4,907)
-
-
2,671
-
-
-
2,671
61,942
46,738
(93,471)
-
15,209
-
4,800
(4,800)
-
-
-
9,900
-
-
9,900
-
9,930
(9,930)
-
-
-
897
(897)
-
-
7,000
-
(7,000)
-
-
105,089
78,440
(155,749)
-
27,780
40,372
149,993
(87,766)
102,599
145,461
228,433
(243,515)
-
130,379

Purposes of restricted funds:

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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

17. Movements in funds – prior year

Camp Build
Community Fix it Up
Neighbourhood Play Havens
Emergency Play Parcels I
Emergency Play Parcels II
Play Works II
Playful Communities
Royal Parks Outreach Project
Fundraising
Core
Total Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
General funds
Total Funds		 At the
start of
the year
£
12,496
9,985
-
-
-
29,074
43,400
-
1,944
3,300
100,199
14,278		 Incoming
resources
& gains
£
29,000
-
99,720
34,888
22,638
14,300
95,573
6,608
-
36,500
339,227
38,306		 Outgoing
resources &
losses
£
(12,927)
(5,078)
(90,866)
(34,888)
(22,638)
(40,703)
(77,031)
(6,608)
(1,944)
(40,774)
(333,457)
(13,092)		 Transfers
£
-
-
(8,854)
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,974
(880)
880		 At the end of
the year
£
28,569
4,907
-
-
-
2,671
61,942
-
-
7,000
105,089
40,372
114,477 377,533 (346,549) - 145,461

18. Operating lease commitments

There were no operating leases.

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