# Smart Play Network

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC042505
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** Aug. 10, 2011
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC042505


## Contact

- **Address:** Smart Play Network,, Peffer Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian
- **Postcode:** EH16 4BB
- **Website:** www.smartplaynetwork.org



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the advancement of citizenship or community development'

**What the charity does:** Smart Play Network is the national organisation supporting play services and play providers in Scotland. The organisation was established in 2011 out of a pursuit to inspire and support communities to play in Scotland. We are a diverse team looking to share our knowledge of play to support organisations, projects and individuals, with the objective of helping make Scotland the ideal place for all children to grow up.  We support our members with a range of training and tools for them to improve their practice and deliver a wide range of programmes across Scotland to support our aims and objectives.

**Objectives:** This Article shall be interpreted as if it incorporated an over-riding qualification limiting the powers of Smart Play Network such that any actiVity which would otherwise be permitted by the terms of the Artide may be carried on only if that activity furthers a purpose which is regarded as charitable. SUbject to that overriding qualification Smart Play Network principal object is to establish, support and to aid in the establishment and support of play and other services including but not limited to toy libraries, free play services and services prOViding resources for play for the purpose of:-





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** Operations cover all or most of Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £858276 | £836764 |  -  | 24 |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £792635 | £780871 |  -  | 24 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £888688 | £785064 |  -  | 25 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £646480 | £579875 |  -  | 20 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £587422 | £607410 |  -  | 22 |  |