HARDWICK PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1026089 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARDWICK PRE-SCHOOL

Hardwick Pre-school Playgroup. We provide sessional, term-time educational care for children between the ages of 2 to rising 5

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.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total receipts of £158,441 and incurred payments of £145,246, resulting in a net surplus of £13,195 for the period. The trustees note that the charity is heavily bound by government funding and that rising wages and cost of living impacts sustainability. Free/unrestricted reserves increased from £66,131 to £89,549, with the charity aiming to hold a contingency to maintain continuity of staff and resources.

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
• Financial reserves 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• LOUISE LAWRENCEchair
• EMMA LIPMAN
• natasha albertelli

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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