MARVELS LANE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1030407 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre school

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Latest income

£107k

Latest spending

£94k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

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.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£107k	£94k
31/03/2024	£97k	£90k
31/03/2023	£88k	£82k
31/03/2022	£79k	£67k
31/03/2021	£66k	£61k

Common questions

Is MARVELS LANE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

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. 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
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION	1	£51k

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

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MARVELS LANE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP	£107k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£132k	—	above	—	no doubt
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED FY2025	£421k	—	below	—	noted
Martlesham Preschool FY2025	£201k	—	above	—	no doubt
MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£217k	—	above	—	material uncertainty
CHAPEL LANE PLAYGROUP FY2025	£249k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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