HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1019944 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOLBROOK PLAYGROUP

Playgroup for 6 month olds to 5 year olds

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

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
£159k
Latest spending
£151k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £13,671.59 at the year end, held in a deposit account for emergencies and redundancies. The charity's principal sources of funds are government funding and parent fees, supplemented by fundraising. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£159k£151k
31/07/2024£124k£135k
31/07/2023£131k£148k
31/07/2022£150k£139k
31/07/2021£78k£73k

Common questions

Is HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves stood at £13,671.59 at the year end, held in a deposit account for emergencies and redundancies. The charity's principal sources of funds are government funding and parent fees, supplemented by fundraising. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts or accounting records. 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 Fund18/03/2010£10kHolbrook Playgroup / Cabin Club Outdoor Play and Learning Development

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP£159k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£132k—0above—no doubt
FIRST STEPS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025£209k—0unclear—no doubt
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£142k——above—no doubt
HOLBROOK COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025£246k—0unclear—no doubt
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH PLAYGROUP FY2024£150k—0unclear—no doubt

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