OVER KELLET PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1029338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OVER KELLET UNDER FIVES GROUP

We provide high quality care and education for children below statutory school age working in partnership with parents to help children learn and develop. We aim to add to the life and well being of the local community and offer parents and children a service which promotes equality and diversity.

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Latest income

£144k

Latest spending

£127k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £16,997 for the year ended August 2025, marking a turnaround from previous deficits. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds significant reserve funds, including a redundancy fund of £41,514 and an emergency contingency fund of £38,000, to manage risks such as funding dependency and potential closure costs. The trustees confirm that the charity had no other liabilities at year-end and is well-positioned to continue its operations.

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.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Zoe Midgleychair
Anne-Marie Steel
Claire Shafi
Lois Barnes
Nicola Mazurek

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£144k	£127k
31/08/2024	£101k	£98k
31/08/2023	£116k	£124k
31/08/2022	£118k	£108k
31/08/2021	£98k	£97k

Common questions

Is OVER KELLET PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £16,997 for the year ended August 2025, marking a turnaround from previous deficits. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds significant reserve funds, including a redundancy fund of £41,514 and an emergency contingency fund of £38,000, to manage risks such as funding dependency and potential closure costs. The trustees confirm that the charity had no other liabilities at year-end and is well-positioned to continue its operations. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THOMAS HARLEY'S ESTATE CHARITY	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PLAYGROUP.

GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PLAYGROUP income £166k
Belton Playgroup income £163k
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD income £549k
ST CUTHBERTS PLAYGROUP income £146k
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP income £104k
LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £343k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OVER KELLET PLAYGROUP	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PLAYGROUP FY2025	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Belton Playgroup FY2025	£163k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025	£549k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST CUTHBERTS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£146k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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