HELPSTON PLAYHOUSE AND UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1024507 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELPSTON UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP, HELPSTON UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL GROUP

The charity aims to provide a varied safe educational environment for pre-school children to learn & develop. The charity also provides an out of school club aimed at providing a safe and caring environment for learning and developing skills.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY 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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of approximately £32,521 for the year ended 31 August 2025. The trustees hold unrestricted reserves of £190,286 to protect against principal risks such as short lease length and changes in government funding. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• JUNE FORRESTERchair
• ANNA MCQUEEN
• Claire Tapley
• Gemma Louise McGregor
• Laura Tucker
• Maggie Warren
• Shona Treliving
• Tina Scudamore

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

Operates in: Peterborough City

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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