CHARLTON AND DISTRICT PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1029766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing pre-school education to children aged 2-4 from Andover and surrounding villages.

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Latest income

£145k

Latest spending

£128k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an excess of receipts over payments of £16,510 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to £222 in the prior year. Total assets increased to £95,834, with net current assets rising to £95,058 from £78,795. The trustees consider an audit is not required, opting for an independent examination instead.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jessica Harvey
Leighan McMullan
Louise Barber
Lucy Chantelle Balcer
Serena Balch

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£145k	£128k
31/08/2024	£127k	£126k
31/08/2023	£118k	£128k
31/08/2022	£124k	£120k
31/08/2021	£101k	£112k

Common questions

Is CHARLTON AND DISTRICT PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an excess of receipts over payments of £16,510 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to £222 in the prior year. Total assets increased to £95,834, with net current assets rising to £95,058 from £78,795. The trustees consider an audit is not required, opting for an independent examination instead. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £145k
THE CHURCH HALL PLAYGROUP (BISHOP'S WALTHAM) income £196k
ST MATTHEW'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £127k
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k
BRERETON PLAYGROUP income £181k
ST ANDREW'S PLAYGROUP (HALIFAX) income £164k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARLTON AND DISTRICT PLAYGROUP	£145k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£145k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHURCH HALL PLAYGROUP (BISHOP'S WALTHAM) FY2025	£196k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MATTHEW'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£127k	—	above	0.0%	no doubt
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£132k	—	above	—	no doubt
BRERETON PLAYGROUP FY2025	£181k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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