ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1032082 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a community Pre-school and we are allowed to cater for 23 children per morning session between 8.20/9.00/11.45 - 12.00/2.45pm term-time only. We receive 15 hours funding for our three years olds from the Government and now receive funding for 10 hours for some two year olds. Rely on Fund-raising. We operate, adhere the guidedance of Pre-school learning Alliance with joint Policies.

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: IN PRACTICE EDGWARE AND MILL HILL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£150k
Latest spending
£145k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves increased to £74,328 at the year end, up from £69,044 in the prior year, following a net income of £5,284. The charity reports no funds in deficit and maintains positive net current assets of £74,328. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the financial statements.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£150k£145k
31/12/2023£139k£121k
31/12/2022£126k£110k
31/12/2021£96k£96k
31/12/2020£119k£105k

Common questions

Is ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves increased to £74,328 at the year end, up from £69,044 in the prior year, following a net income of £5,284. The charity reports no funds in deficit and maintains positive net current assets of £74,328. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the financial statements. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST ANDREWS WITH ST PETERS PRE-SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH PLAYGROUP£150k—0unclear—no doubt
ST ANDREWS WITH ST PETERS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£120k—0unclear—no doubt
ST ANDREW'S PLAYGROUP (HALIFAX) FY2025£164k—0unclear—no doubt
ST ANDREWS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£172k—0no_policy—no doubt
HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£178k—0unclear—no doubt

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