TOWER PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1035280 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a safe and caring environment for young children to play and learn together

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.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£46k

Latest spending

£38k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £7,943 for the year, increasing unrestricted funds to £42,551. The trustees report that results were satisfactory and adequate reserves are held to cover operational costs for the coming year. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate reserves to ensure operational costs are covered for the coming year (reserves figure: £43k)

“We currently have adequate reserves to ensure operational costs are covered for the coming year.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

Ofsted — Tower Playgroup: Outstanding · Ofsted

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Government income: £43,613 — grants £43,613 (1); 95% of the £45,995 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Government income: £35,375 — grants £35,375 (1); 88% of the £40,296 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2024 (received 10/07/2025, 10 days after the 30/06/2025 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 05/07/2023, 5 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Darcie-Rose Tasker
John Tasker

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

Operates in: Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£46k	£38k
31/08/2024	£54k	£34k
31/08/2023	£40k	£34k
31/08/2022	£31k	£25k
31/08/2021	£32k	£29k

Common questions

Is TOWER PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £7,943 for the year, increasing unrestricted funds to £42,551. The trustees report that results were satisfactory and adequate reserves are held to cover operational costs for the coming year. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified. 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	24/08/2005	£1k	outside paved area

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£57k

Charities like this

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

BRERETON PLAYGROUP income £181k
THORNTON HOUGH PLAYGROUP income £102k
THE TOWER PROJECT income £4.7m
THE WARREN PLAYGROUP income £148k
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP income £104k
PETTS WOOD PLAYGROUP (FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS) income £105k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TOWER PLAYGROUP	£46k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRERETON PLAYGROUP FY2025	£181k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THORNTON HOUGH PLAYGROUP FY2025	£102k	—	0	above	—	noted
THE TOWER PROJECT FY2026	£4.7m	—	8	above	—	no doubt
THE WARREN PLAYGROUP FY2025	£148k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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