BATLEY ROAD PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1034945 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a pre-school playgroup providing activities for children aged between 2years and 5 years . We serve the community in Alverthorpe Wakefield and are committee run and actively encourage volunteers to help out in all aspects of playgroup life We aim to provide a safe stimulating environment in which the children learn as they play.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a deficit of £7,387 for the year, with total expenditure of £127,262 exceeding income of £119,876. The trustees report that funds were spent on renovating the building to provide a safe environment. No specific reserves policy or unrestricted reserves figure is disclosed in the provided text.

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 2 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tracey Hobbschair
• Andrea Firth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ashleigh Cookson
• Gemma Stevenson
• Jaidie Green
• Kelly Brear · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mariam Rehman
• Molly Stevenson
• Rachel Thompson
• Samantha Swift

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BURHAM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

• BURHAM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £183k
• FYLINGDALES PLAYGROUP income £128k
• HORSESHOE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £129k
• HUGGLESCOTE PLAYGROUP income £206k
• ALPHABETS PRESCHOOL BOTLEY income £116k
• WEST THORPE PLAYGROUP income £124k

Side by side with its peers

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