CCNI Northern Ireland charity profile

North West Play Resource Centre

Also known as The Playhouse

Received: on timeCharity number 100119
Registered2 October 2014
Latest income£1,102,592
Financial year end31 March 2025

01 Registration

Identity and public record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
Official name
North West Play Resource Centre
CCNI number
100119
Reporting status
Received: on time
Governing document
Memorandum and Articles
Public address
The Playhouse, 5-7 Artillery Street, Londonderry, BT48 6RG

02 Charity activity

Purposes and classifications

CCNI

Charitable purposes

The Company's objects are to encourage and assist in the provision of resources and facilities for:- (i) Artistic, creative and recreational activities for people of all ages which will improve their conditions of life by promoting their social, physical, emotional and intellectual well being, as well as their individual creativity, without unfairly discriminating on the grounds of sex, political opinion, religious conviction, race, national origin, language, ability, social or economic background. (ii) Educational programmes for people of all ages that use artistic processes as a basis to promote skills development, improvements to confidence, capacity, motivation, communication skills, employability and other personal qualities, and improvements to individual and community capacity through the use of in-house and outreach creative programmes, publications and other media without unfairly discriminating on the grounds of sex, political opinion, religious conviction, race, national origin, language, ability, social or economic background. (iii) Peace building programmes for people of all ages that use artistic processes as a basis to explore and improve community relations issues by enabling people to tell their stories, deconstruct scenes, events and attitudes, learn about & empathize with attitudes and motivations that may be different, mourn loss, address injustice, dispense with hate and bitterness, build trust, confidence, esteem, interdependency, tolerance, empathy, understanding, and stimulate imaginations to envisage a positive shared future through the use of in-house and outreach creative programmes, publications and other media promotion without unfairly discriminating on the grounds of sex, political opinion, religious conviction, race, national origin, language, ability, social or economic background.

What the charity does

The advancement of education,The advancement of citizenship or community development,The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science,The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity

Who the charity helps

Adult training,Children (5-13 year olds),Community safety/crime prevention,Ex-offenders and prisoners,General public,Interface communities,Learning disabilities,Older people,Physical disabilities,Preschool (0-5 year olds),Sensory disabilities,Specific areas of deprivation,Unemployed/low income,Women,Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

Arts,Community development,Criminal justice,Cross-border/cross-community,Cultural,Disability,Education/training,Heritage/historical,Youth development

03 Latest finances

Income, spending and resources

Period 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Total income
£1,102,592
Previous total income
£0
Donations and legacies
£6,193
Charitable activities income
£109,791
Trading income
£0
Investment income
£0
Other income
£986,608
Total income and endowments
£1,102,592
Total spending
£1,114,310
Raising funds expenditure
£0
Charitable activities expenditure
£1,062,554
Governance expenditure
£37,005
Other expenditure
£0
Total expenditure
£1,114,310
Total fixed assets
£3,186,806
Net assets and liabilities
−£193,326
Employees / volunteers
32 / 10
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These are reported values from the CCNI register export. Zero and missing values are reproduced as supplied and should be checked against the charity’s filed accounts before a material decision.

04 Provenance

Source and matching