HOLLIES ROAD PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1026866 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOLLIES ROAD PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Pre school Playgroup delivering early education and childcare to children under 5 years of age

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
£225k
Latest spending
£191k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £34,320 and unrestricted reserves of £135,007. Per the trustees' report, these reserves cover eight months of running costs, which is below the stated policy target of twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £135k; policy: twelve months running costs)
“Based on expenditure for the year to 31 August 2025 the charity would have sufficient cash resources to fund 8 months.” — 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Knowsley

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£225k£191k
31/08/2024£152k£127k
31/08/2023£142k£129k
31/08/2022£125k£120k
31/08/2021£119k£117k

Common questions

Is HOLLIES ROAD PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £34,320 and unrestricted reserves of £135,007. Per the trustees' report, these reserves cover eight months of running costs, which is below the stated policy target of twelve months. 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 Fund27/07/2016£10kHollies Road Playgroup Little Planters Project
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2011£9kSupporting Halewood Parents - Hollies Wrap-Round Childrens Playgroup Projec