SEEND PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1024519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Local playgroup

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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Latest income
£82k
Latest spending
£74k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £7,834 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Per the trustees' report, total reserves are considered sufficient to cover nine months of running costs, with unrestricted funds standing at least 76% of remaining annual expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £73k)
“In accordance with this policy there is an allocation to restrict £30,000 as reserves as a redundancy fund to cover wages. The remaining unrestricted funds stand at least 76% of the remaining annual expenditure, therefore the total reserves are considered sufficient to cover 9 month's running costs.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£82k£74k
31/08/2024£61k£66k
31/08/2023£65k£59k
31/08/2022£59k£46k
31/08/2021£57k£38k

Common questions

Is SEEND PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £7,834 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Per the trustees' report, total reserves are considered sufficient to cover nine months of running costs, with unrestricted funds standing at least 76% of remaining annual expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.