THE GRANGE PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1000774 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRANGE PRE-SCHOOL

Pre-school providing education and care for the under fives

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY 1) TO PROVIDE SAFE AND SATISTYING GROUP PLAY IN WHICH THE PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART 2) ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN 3) FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE SOUTHCOTE, READING

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £17,900 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total reserves increasing to £208,123. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting six months' running costs, and unrestricted reserves of £206,552 significantly exceed this target. The charity remains financially viable with stable staffing and a full register.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Braychair
• Claire Louise Matthews
• JULIA MOLYNEUX

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

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