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# PLAYING OUT C.I.C.

## Company limited by guarantee

## Company Registration Number:
07694294 (England and Wales)

## Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026

## Period of accounts

## Start date: 1 April 2025

## End date: 31 March 2026

# PLAYING OUT C.I.C.

## Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2026

Directors report |
Profit and loss |
Balance sheet |
Additional notes |
Balance sheet notes |
Community Interest Report |

# PLAYING OUT C.I.C.

Directors' report period ended 31 March 2026

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 March 2026

Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

Alice Rose Ferguson
Camara Zoe Banks Gross
Ingrid Caroline Ruth Skeels
Alison Clare Stenning
Ellen Weaver

The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006

This report was approved by the board of directors on
31 July 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Alice Rose Ferguson
Status: Director

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## Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 March 2026

| 2026 | 2025
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Turnover: | 81,323 | 124,555
Cost of sales: | ( 115,641 ) | ( 100,135 )
Gross profit(or loss): | (34,318) | 24,420
Administrative expenses: | ( 38,802 ) | ( 49,048 )
Other operating income: | 534 |
Operating profit(or loss): | (72,586) | (24,628)
Interest receivable and similar income: | 1,375 | 1,745
Profit(or loss) before tax: | (71,211) | (22,883)
Tax: |  | ( 358 )
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: | (71,211) | (23,241)

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## Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2026

| Notes | 2026 | 2025
--- | --- | --- | ---
|  | £ | £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: | 3 | 0 | 394
Total fixed assets: |  | 0 | 394
Current assets
Debtors: | 4 |  | 1,100
Cash at bank and in hand: |  | 9,869 | 113,228
Total current assets: |  | 9,869 | 114,328
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: | 5 | ( 9,869 ) | ( 16,565 )
Net current assets (liabilities): |  | 0 | 97,763
Total assets less current liabilities: |  | 0 | 98,157
Accruals and deferred income: |  |  | ( 26,946 )
Total net assets (liabilities): |  | 0 | 71,211
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: |  | 0 | 71,211
Total members' funds: |  | 0 | 71,211

The notes form part of these financial statements

# PLAYING OUT C.I.C.

## Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 March 2026 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 31 July 2026
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Alice Rose Ferguson
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

# PLAYING OUT C.I.C.

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2026

- ## 1. Accounting policies

  Basis of measurement and preparation

  These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

  Tangible fixed assets depreciation policy

  Tangible assets are included at cost less depreciation and impairment. Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives: Computer equipment 33% per annum on the straight line basis.

  Other accounting policies

  The CIC has ceased trading post year end, and the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of the going concern basis. A provision has been made for the settlement of the final liabilities.

# PLAYING OUT C.I.C.

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2026

- ## 2. Employees

  | 2026 | 2025
  --- | --- | ---
  Average number of employees during the period | 1 | 2

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## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2026

## 3. Tangible assets

| Land & buildings | Plant & machinery | Fixtures & fittings | Office equipment | Motor vehicles | Total
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Cost | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £
At 1 April 2025 |  |  |  | 8,974 |  | 8,974
Additions |  |  |  |  |  |
Disposals |  |  |  | ( 8,974 ) |  | ( 8,974 )
Revaluations |  |  |  |  |  |
Transfers |  |  |  |  |  |
At 31 March 2026 |  |  |  | 0 |  | 0
Depreciation |  |  |  |  |  |
At 1 April 2025 |  |  |  | 8,580 |  | 8,580
Charge for year |  |  |  |  |  |
On disposals |  |  |  | ( 8,580 ) |  | ( 8,580 )
Other adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |
At 31 March 2026 |  |  |  | 0 |  | 0
Net book value |  |  |  |  |  |
At 31 March 2026 |  |  |  | 0 |  | 0
At 31 March 2025 |  |  |  | 394 |  | 394

# PLAYING OUT C.I.C.

## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2026

## 4. Debtors

| 2026 | 2025
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Trade debtors |  | 1,100
Total |  | 1,100

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## Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 March 2026

## 5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

| 2026 | 2025
--- | --- | ---
| £ | £
Trade creditors |  | 16,565
Accruals and deferred income | 9,869 |
Total | 9,869 | 16,565

# COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

### PLAYING OUT C.I.C.

### Company Number: 07694294 (England and Wales)

### Year Ending: 31 March 2026

Company activities and impact

Our 2023-24 report outlined our organisational decision at the end of that financial year to strategically refocus Playing Out’s work, resources and capacity as a small organisation in response to (a) where the play streets movement had got to and (b) the national opportunities for policy change arising, in order to best focus work towards our vision and overall aim. During 24-25, we implemented this plan, seizing some major policy opportunities and moving the play street movement towards being self-sustaining, including through an online national play streets forum. Read more here: www.playingout.net In summer 2025, the co-founders, supported by the board, made the decision that it was the right time to end the organisation, leaving a significant legacy embedded in a newly built website capturing all of our work and knowledge, in national policy documents and in the parent/activist/professional networks we had built over 17 years. Read more here: https://playingout.net/news Over six months, we then worked to a clear plan to responsibly wind down the organisation and work strands, whilst doing all we could to embed play streets and our wider policy campaigning “out in the world” and across our partner organisations. We ended with a national conference at Bristol City Hall in March 2026, bringing our whole network of allies and activators together to share learning and inspiration, and to consolidate the ongoing movement for children’s outdoor freedom.

Consultation with stakeholders

All of our work involves extensive consultation with stakeholders which informs our plans. For full details, please see previous annual reports.

Directors' remuneration

No remuneration was received for Directorships held during the year. In their capacity as freelancers, the Directors did receive remuneration from the CIC.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
31 July 2026

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Alice Rose Ferguson
Status: Director