GAME THERAPY UK — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 7 February 2023
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £42,874
Latest expenditure: £4,296
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 27 OLD GLOUCESTER STREET, LONDON, WC1N 3AX

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.game-therapy.co.uk/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Game Therapy UK's activities include supporting the provision of high quality, evidence-based Therapeutic Gaming projects to the UK population across the areas of physical health, mental health and social disadvantage. We will also promote research into, and education of, all aspects of Therapeutic Gaming.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 5 November 2025
Date Accounts Received: 5 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £42,874
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,296

Fin Period Start Date: 7 February 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 5 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 5 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £29,591
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,104

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 5 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £42,874
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,296
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 30

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 7 February 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 5 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £29,591
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,104
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 25

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: United States
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: North America
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Canada
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: North America
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Australia
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Oceania
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: GAME THERAPY UK
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2023-02-07T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Feb 2023
Charitable Objects: 1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF FACTORS SUCH AS UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY (INCLUDING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE ASSIGNMENT, POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING BACK INTO SOCIETY). THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY, BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO, A. PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH COOPERATIVE GAME PLAY AND THERAPEUTIC GAMING. B. USING COOPERATIVE GAME PLAY AND THERAPEUTIC GAME PLAY, CO-DESIGNED WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO PROVIDE EDUCATION (SUCH AS IMPROVING ‘SOFT SOCIAL SKILLS’, BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS, BASIC NUMERACY) TO THOSE GROUPS. THIS COULD INCLUDE AWARDING RECOGNISED QUALIFICATIONS IN THOSE SKILLS (SUCH AS AQAS IN BASIC LITERACY, NUMERACY, AND CREATIVE SKILLS). 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF GAME THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC GAMING BY THE FUNDING OR CONDUCT OF RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULT OF THAT RESEARCH.” FOR THE PURPOSE OF BOTH CLAUSES, WE DEFINE A. ‘THERAPEUTIC GAMING’ AS “THE INTENTIONAL USE OF GAMES (PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY COOPERATIVE ROLE-PLAYING GAMES) FOR THEIR PSYCHOSOCIAL BENEFIT BY NON-CLINICIANS”. B. ‘GAME THERAPY’ TO MEAN “THE INTENTIONAL USE OF GAMES (PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY COOPERATIVE ROLE-PLAYING GAMES (RPGS) FOR THEIR PSYCHOSOCIAL BENEFIT BY REGISTERED CLINICIANS SUCH AS PSYCHIATRISTS OR ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, DRAMA THERAPISTS ETC.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures