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.

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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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.

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 charity financial controls 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

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

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Side by side with its peers

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