WILDLINGS

Registered charity 1036793 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMBERGATE AND DISTRICT PLAYGROUP, WILDINGS

The Playgroup exists to promote learning through play activities for children in Ambergate and the neighbouring districts, aged from 2 to 5 years

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 Wildlings reported a net income of £35,998.25 for the year ended 1 September 2025, derived from childcare fees, grants, and fundraising. The charity maintains a positive financial position with no disclosed reserves policy or material deficits, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters requiring attention.

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 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helena Holland
• Kathryn Wilderspin
• Laura Padner
• Neil Hunt
• Stacey Murray

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILDERN OPPORTUNITY GROUP.

• WILDERN OPPORTUNITY GROUP income £195k
• WILFORD VILLAGE PLAYGROUP income £210k
• WINTON PLAYGROUP income £233k
• LILLIPUT LEARNERS PLAYGROUP PRE-SCHOOL income £242k
• WILD THINGS CHARITY income £194k
• WORTH PARK PLAYGROUP income £143k

Side by side with its peers

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