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.

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
£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.

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: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2009£3kA Better Place to Play

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WINTON PLAYGROUP£233k—0above—no doubt
WOOTTON PLAYGROUP FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
WOOTTON/DRY SANDFORD PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION FY2024£103k—0unclear—no doubt
GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2026£133k——unclear—no doubt
ST MATTHEW'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£127k—0above0.0%no doubt
YOUTH CENTRE PLAYGROUP (LYMINGTON) FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt

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