RIVERSIDE PLAYGROUP (LOUTH)

Registered charity 1030937 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIVERSIDE PLAYGROUP

Riverside playgroup provides good quality sessional, pre-school education for children in Louth and surrounding villages.

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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Latest income

£163k

Latest spending

£144k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position with unrestricted funds of £105,827 and a net income surplus of £18,819 for the year. The trustees report that the playgroup is fully subscribed and has fulfilled its aims, although they note challenges regarding children's development and irregular attendance. The charity is currently moving from an unincorporated organisation to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with a planned transfer date in early 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: designated funds to mitigate specific risks: £20,000 for site restoration, £35,000 for one term's operating costs, and £20,000 for redundancy costs (held: £106k)

“The reserves policy is designed to set aside designated funds to ensure that we can properly mitigate specific risks, namely, the legal liability to return the site to its original condition at the end of our lease term (£20,000), one term’s operating costs if funding was removed (£35,000) and to ensure that we could meet any financial responsibilities should we be forced to close and make staff redundant (£20,000).” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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

Trustees · trustee networks

PAUL MARK GUTHERSONchair

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£163k	£144k
31/12/2024	£157k	£140k
31/12/2023	£134k	£137k
31/12/2022	£125k	£129k
31/12/2021	£107k	£118k

Common questions

Is RIVERSIDE PLAYGROUP (LOUTH) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position with unrestricted funds of £105,827 and a net income surplus of £18,819 for the year. The trustees report that the playgroup is fully subscribed and has fulfilled its aims, although they note challenges regarding children's development and irregular attendance. The charity is currently moving from an unincorporated organisation to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with a planned transfer date in early 2026. 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
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST AND ST JOHN WITH ST LUKE, ISLE OF DOGS	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

CHESTNUT PLAYGROUP income £132k
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k
YOUTH CENTRE PLAYGROUP (LYMINGTON) income £138k
RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION income £2.0m
RIDGEWAY PLAYGROUP LIMITED income £154k
MARGARET LLOYD PLAYGROUP income £114k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RIVERSIDE PLAYGROUP (LOUTH)	£163k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHESTNUT PLAYGROUP FY2025	£132k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£132k	—	above	—	no doubt
YOUTH CENTRE PLAYGROUP (LYMINGTON) FY2025	£138k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
RIDGEWAY PLAYGROUP LIMITED FY2025	£154k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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