HIGHLEY MINORS CHILDCARE CENTRE

Registered charity 1027316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIGHLEY PLAYGROUP

To provide full day care and educational sessional care for children aged 3 months to 11 years

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE 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 AND BY:(A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS; (C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

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
£449k
Latest spending
£383k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts have undergone an independent examination rather than a full audit, as the trustees determined an audit was not required under the Charities Act 1993. The examiner found no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts and confirmed that accounting records were kept and prepared in accordance with the Act.

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 2 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: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£449k£383k
31/08/2024£418k£398k
31/08/2023£405k£399k
31/08/2022£321k£327k
31/08/2021£226k£304k

Common questions

Is HIGHLEY MINORS CHILDCARE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts have undergone an independent examination rather than a full audit, as the trustees determined an audit was not required under the Charities Act 1993. The examiner found no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts and confirmed that accounting records were kept and prepared in accordance with the Act. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH HILL CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HIGHLEY MINORS CHILDCARE CENTRE£449k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH HILL CENTRE FY2024£567k——unclear—no doubt
HARLOW HILLTOP PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£234k—0unclear—no doubt
DEVON CLOSE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£145k——unclear—no doubt
LITTLE GILLIES FY2025£137k—0unclear—no doubt
HIGHFIELD COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£158k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.