LONGTHORPE PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1031164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONGTHORPE PRE-SCHOOL

To enhance the development of children under statutory school age within the Longthorpe area and surrounding communities.

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Latest income

£268k

Latest spending

£280k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £11,892 for the year ended 31 July 2025, primarily due to reduced occupancy and increased costs. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £281,668, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover specific liabilities and operational needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £75,000 (held: £282k)

“Throughout the year our reserve cash balance has remained over the reserve level and set at £75,000 which will cover and account for PILON, a redundancy fund and also rental charges for both sites.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Haider Alichair · trustee of 1 other charity
Hannah Bryant
Rachna Digpal
Roswana Bibi
Ruth Bryant

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

Operates in: Peterborough City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£268k	£280k
31/07/2024	£344k	£249k
31/07/2023	£252k	£249k
31/07/2022	£250k	£216k
31/07/2021	£248k	£181k

Common questions

Is LONGTHORPE PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £11,892 for the year ended 31 July 2025, primarily due to reduced occupancy and increased costs. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £281,668, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover specific liabilities and operational needs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/07/2005	£4k	Adding equipment and storage

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 CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

THORNTON HOUGH PLAYGROUP income £102k
ORTON LONGUEVILLE PLAYGROUP income £350k
LONGBRIDGE CHILDCARE STRATEGY GROUP income £790k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BOTOLPH'S, LONGTHORPE income £141k
LONGRIDGE ON THE THAMES income £1.1m
THORNER PRE-SCHOOL AND TODDLER GROUP income £114k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONGTHORPE PLAYGROUP	£268k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THORNTON HOUGH PLAYGROUP FY2025	£102k	—	above	—	noted
ORTON LONGUEVILLE PLAYGROUP FY2025	£350k	—	above	—	no doubt
LONGBRIDGE CHILDCARE STRATEGY GROUP FY2025	£790k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BOTOLPH'S, LONGTHORPE FY2024	£141k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONGRIDGE ON THE THAMES FY2024	£1.1m	—	below	—	no doubt

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