ORTON LONGUEVILLE PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1015208 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a Sessional Playgroup for children aged 2yrs to 4yrs 11mths.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY: (A)OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS (B)ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS (C)INVESTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: ORTON LONGUEVILLE

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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Latest income
£350k
Latest spending
£300k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £178,646, which the trustees report is currently achieving their policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees confirm the playgroup is in a good financial position to continue operating, despite noting ongoing maintenance costs and waiting for a lease agreement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months worth of expenditure (held: £179k)
“The trustees policy is to aim to hold 3 months worth of expenditure as reserves” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Peterborough City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£350k£300k
31/07/2024£317k£313k
31/07/2023£266k£246k
31/07/2022£239k£236k
31/07/2021£195k£209k

Common questions

Is ORTON LONGUEVILLE PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £178,646, which the trustees report is currently achieving their policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees confirm the playgroup is in a good financial position to continue operating, despite noting ongoing maintenance costs and waiting for a lease agreement. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2013£10kOrton Longueville Playgroup - Our new Garden

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW LONGTON UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ORTON LONGUEVILLE PLAYGROUP£350k—0above—no doubt
NEW LONGTON UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£472k—0unclear—no doubt
LONGTHORPE PLAYGROUP FY2025£268k—0unclear—no doubt
CHESTNUT PLAYGROUP FY2025£132k—0unclear—no doubt
RANWELL PLAYGROUP FY2025£159k——above—no doubt
UPTON ST LEONARDS PLAYGROUP FY2025£163k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.