01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC042505
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Operations cover all or most of Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 24
- Postcode
- EH16 4BB
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
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.
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional 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:-
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £858,276 | £836,764 | 24 | 27 August 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £792,635 | £780,871 | 24 | 25 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £888,688 | £785,064 | 24 | 5 September 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £646,480 | £579,875 | 24 | 1 September 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £587,422 | £607,410 | 24 | 29 September 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Smart Play Network,, Peffer Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.smartplaynetwork.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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