WINTON PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1023018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WINTON PRE-SCHOOL

We are a pre-school providing sessional care to children 2 years 9 months to under 5 years old. We aim 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.

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Latest income

£233k

Latest spending

£215k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,000 for the year ended 5 April 2025, a reversal from the £20,640 surplus in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains reserves to cover operational costs and redundancies, with unrestricted funds totaling £88,387 at the year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: cover redundancies, pay bills, staff, resources and training for staff (held: £88k)

“We have a reserve to cover redundancies, pay bills, staff, resources and training for staff.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Eileen Taylorchair
Leslie Taylor
NAOMI PETERS

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
07/04/2025	£233k	£215k
07/04/2024	£219k	£195k
07/04/2023	£211k	£185k
07/04/2022	£218k	£179k
07/04/2021	£210k	£206k

Common questions

Is WINTON PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,000 for the year ended 5 April 2025, a reversal from the £20,640 surplus in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains reserves to cover operational costs and redundancies, with unrestricted funds totaling £88,387 at the year-end. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/07/2009	£3k	A Better Place to Play

Charities like this

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

WOOTTON PLAYGROUP income £111k
WOOTTON/DRY SANDFORD PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION income £103k
GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £145k
ST MATTHEW'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £127k
YOUTH CENTRE PLAYGROUP (LYMINGTON) income £138k
WORTH PARK PLAYGROUP income £143k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WINTON PLAYGROUP	£233k	—	above	—	no doubt
WOOTTON PLAYGROUP FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WOOTTON/DRY SANDFORD PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION FY2024	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£145k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MATTHEW'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£127k	—	above	0.0%	no doubt
YOUTH CENTRE PLAYGROUP (LYMINGTON) FY2025	£138k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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