HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1022968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HYCC PRE SCHOOL

Providing nursery education for children aged 2-5.

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: NOT DEFINED

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

£306k

Latest spending

£179k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,195.97 for the year ending 31 January 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £214,287.22. The trustees note that daily running costs, including wages and rent, continue to be budgeted for, while maintenance costs have increased dramatically. The charity holds funds in reserve to allow for fluctuations in numbers and to cover special purposes such as training and resource purchases.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: hold monies in reserve to allow for fluctuations in Pre-School numbers and for special purposes such as events, training and the purchase of new resources (held: £214k)

“Monies remaining in the Pre-School accounts at the end of the year will be held in reserve to allow for fluctuations in Pre-School numbers and in accordance with our additional objectives (item J) to allow for special purposes such as events, training and the purchase of new resources when needed” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Roger Cleet
Suzanne Marie Taylor

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£306k	£179k
31/01/2024	£179k	£182k
31/01/2023	£156k	£155k
31/01/2022	£172k	£151k
31/01/2021	£199k	£144k

Common questions

Is HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,195.97 for the year ending 31 January 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £214,287.22. The trustees note that daily running costs, including wages and rent, continue to be budgeted for, while maintenance costs have increased dramatically. The charity holds funds in reserve to allow for fluctuations in numbers and to cover special purposes such as training and resource purchases.

Charities like this

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

LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £343k
YESODEY HATORAH NURSERY income £1.7m
YATELEY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £227k
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £142k
SOUTH CERNEY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £166k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP	£306k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025	£343k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YESODEY HATORAH NURSERY FY2024	£1.7m	Under £60,000	0	above	—	no doubt
YATELEY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£227k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£113k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£142k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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