ROYSTON METHODIST PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1036930 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE NIPPERS PLAYGROUP

We are an OFSTED registered Pre- school our aim is to develop a balanced curriculum and new experiences, to development children with learning focused activities and through play. To safeguard children.All staff qualified at Level 3.To form good relationships with parents.

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 maintains reserves to cover at least three months of expenditure, which trustees consider sufficient to meet working capital requirements. However, the filing discloses an uncertainty regarding approximately £??,??? in unsubstantiated expenditure linked to a deceased trustee, for which no conclusive evidence of legitimacy or misappropriation was found. Despite this, the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would cause concern about the accounts or accounting records.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dean Wood
• Michael Jones
• Peter Taylor

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

Common questions

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• ROCHE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £144k
• ST. JOSEPH'S PRE-SCHOOL income £176k
• ST ANDREWS METHODIST CHURCH PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £100k
• BEN RHYDDING PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £150k
• ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £238k
• 3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £142k

Side by side with its peers

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