WHEATCROFT PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1031308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer preschool activities and education for children aged 2 to 5 years. We are open 8.30-1 (breakfast club 8.30-9, preschool session 9-12 and lunch club 12-1) Mon, Tues, Wed and Fri and 8.30-4 Thurs. We also open Friday afternoons 1.30-3 for a family fun drop in session. For further information, please ring 01723 363179, email [email protected] or visit wheatcroftplaygroup.com.

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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 ended the year with a deficit of £14,268, following a predicted loss that had started to disappear from January to May. Unrestricted reserves stood at £133,679, which the trustees note is necessary to support the setting when numbers are low or for redundancy, although no specific policy target is stated. The trustees highlight ongoing rent negotiations as a significant operational challenge but confirm the charity remains active.

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 4 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Drury-Bradeychair
• Amanda Campbell
• Charlotte Smith
• Elizabeth Hepworth
• Emily Douglas
• Laura Ward
• Lauren Collins
• Sarah Dennis

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

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