JACK AND JILL PLAYGROUP (STROOD)

Registered charity 1024238 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JACK AND JILL PLAYGROUP

To provide a safe, stimulating educational and childcare provision for 2 to 5 year olds to explore and learn through play.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the playgroup reported a surplus of £6,767.51 for the year, with total funds of £82,123.92. The trustees note that reserves have decreased due to high running costs and rising employment expenses, requiring reliance on existing reserves to maintain finances. The organization remains a non-profit making entity, with all excess money put back into improving facilities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Stone
• Candis Wiles
• Emma Ray
• Lisa Butcher
• Simon Brown

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

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