PENRHYN PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1032265 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides childcare facility for under privileged families, who want flexible childcare facilities at affordable prices, enabling them to free their time to look options, which would help improve their economic circumstances.

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Latest income

£440k

Latest spending

£356k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faced staff shortages and rising costs for utilities and consumables during the year. The trustees noted that the previous staffing approach was not sustainable and are actively recruiting to address these operational challenges. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounting records or compliance with regulations.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Louise Websterchair
Julie Collier
SHARON MCREADY

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

Operates in: Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£440k	£356k
31/03/2024	£379k	£363k
31/03/2023	£283k	£326k
31/03/2022	£276k	£314k
31/03/2021	£313k	£314k

Common questions

Is PENRHYN PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity faced staff shortages and rising costs for utilities and consumables during the year. The trustees noted that the previous staffing approach was not sustainable and are actively recruiting to address these operational challenges. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounting records or compliance with regulations. 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	22/08/2005	£5k	Computers

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LISTER STEPS LIMITED.

LISTER STEPS LIMITED income £674k
STRENSALL STATION PLAYGROUP income £283k
PARKSTONE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £123k
BROOK GREEN EARLY YEARS income £312k
BREDON PLAYGROUP income £123k
CONDICOTE PLAYGROUP AND TODDLER GROUP income £118k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PENRHYN PLAYGROUP	£440k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LISTER STEPS LIMITED FY2025	£674k	—	above	—	no doubt
STRENSALL STATION PLAYGROUP FY2025	£283k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PARKSTONE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BROOK GREEN EARLY YEARS FY2025	£312k	—	unclear	—	noted
BREDON PLAYGROUP FY2025	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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