FLOCKTON PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1035844 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We operate sessional daycare for 2 - 4 1/2 year olds. We are the only pre-school within the vicinity and are registered by Ofsted for 24 children. We provide activities/curriculum from the EYFS and are open 5 days a week in term time only from 9am - 3.30pm

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 that the charity recovered from a significant previous loss, resulting in a profit of £12,420.93 for the financial year ending March 2025. The organization notes that government funding remains insufficient to cover actual costs per hour, but has increased government funding and voluntary charges to maintain sustainability. Reserves were rebuilt by putting £400 into a contingency fund after drawing down £2,500 in the prior year.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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 31/03/2023 (received 14/05/2024, 104 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 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

• Danielle Knights
• Matthew George Knights
• NICOLA BROOK

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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