MARVELS LANE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1030407 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre school

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 holds unrestricted reserves of £41,917, an increase from £28,537 in the prior year, resulting in a net surplus of £13,380 for the period. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a positive financial position with total assets of £42,917 against liabilities of £1,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention regarding the preparation of the financial statements.

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.

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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Scott Hayward
• Theresa Gilkes

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

• WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k
• HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED income £421k
• Martlesham Preschool income £201k
• MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL income £217k
• CHAPEL LANE PLAYGROUP income £249k
• LEVEN PRE-SCHOOL income £117k

Side by side with its peers

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