PENHILL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1001217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are an Ofsted registered and inspected Playgroup caring for children from two and a half to school age, encouraging them to learn and develop new skills through play. We also offer weekly Stay and Play sessions for young children and their parents/carers.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY[A]PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY,IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART.[B]ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN.[C]FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: LANCING

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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Registered contact address: Adur, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating profit of £18,037.29 for the year ended 31 August 2026, with total turnover of £105,843.81. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds net assets of £119,590.00, which the treasurer describes as a 'good financial situation' with sufficient funds available for future needs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Katie Wastell. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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• Ofsted — Penhill Playgroup: Good · Ofsted

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 08/07/2024, 8 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Boote
• Clair Newbery
• Ellie-Marie Sara Doubtfire
• Katherine Ayling
• Katherine Ward
• Katrin Kate Margaret Atkinson
• Laurie Turton
• Michelle Venn
• Rachael Ticehurst

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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