WOOTTON PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1032162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Play through learning for preschool children, from the age of 2 years 6 months, within the local community.

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
£111k
Latest spending
£120k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £9,058.58, ending an 18-year streak of adding to reserves. Despite this loss, free reserves stand at just over £102,000, which the trustees describe as prudent given the financial pressures of increased wage bills and reduced enrollment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£111k£120k
31/08/2024£128k£122k
31/08/2023£111k£109k
31/08/2022£127k£107k
31/08/2021£115k£113k

Common questions

Is WOOTTON PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £9,058.58, ending an 18-year streak of adding to reserves. Despite this loss, free reserves stand at just over £102,000, which the trustees describe as prudent given the financial pressures of increased wage bills and reduced enrollment.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOOTTON PLAYGROUP£111k—0unclear—no doubt
WINTON PLAYGROUP FY2025£233k—0above—no doubt
WOODBOROUGH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
CLUTTON PLAYGROUP FY2025£137k—0unclear—noted
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£104k—0above188.9%no doubt
SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt

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