HOLBROOK COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1015903 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOLBROOK PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Provision of preschool education for the village of Holbrook and surrounding area.Fundraising to supplement fees paid by parents and grants from Local Authority. Examples of which include;Trip to the Pantomime, Nativity Performance, Christmas Party for the Children,Haloween Disco ,Spring Disco ,Easter Egg Hunt, Participation in village fete.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE HOLBROOK

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
£246k
Latest spending
£242k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a healthy financial position with increased income driven by higher child attendance and government funding. Reserves are held in a savings account, with specific portions assigned to future capital projects and general winding-down provisions. The trustees anticipate sustaining this financial stability in the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Fees are either paid by parents and/or funding from the Local Authority. Fundraising events may also be used to supplement income and fund activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Holbrook Preschool Derbyshire (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£246k£242k
31/07/2024£213k£206k
31/07/2023£175k£165k
31/07/2022£133k£148k
31/07/2021£130k£134k

Common questions

Is HOLBROOK COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a healthy financial position with increased income driven by higher child attendance and government funding. Reserves are held in a savings account, with specific portions assigned to future capital projects and general winding-down provisions. The trustees anticipate sustaining this financial stability in the coming year. 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 Fund27/05/2015£10kHolbrook Pre-School go outdoors!

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOLBROOK PRE-SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOLBROOK COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP£246k—0unclear—no doubt
HOLBROOK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£246k—0above—no doubt
HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
HOLBROOK COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt
CROFT PLAYGROUP FY2025£346k—0unclear—no doubt
HORSESHOE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025£129k—0unclear—noted

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