NEWSOME PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1038685 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educational pre-school catering for children between the age of 2 and statutory school age.

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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Latest income

£129k

Latest spending

£145k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £173,700.16 against total expenditure of £134,448.90 for the year ending March 2025, resulting in a surplus. The closing balance increased from £53,262.73 to £66,453.51, indicating positive cash flow and adequate resources to continue operations.

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
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

DONNA WHITWAM
Danielle Jones
Sandra Elizabeth Salt

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£129k	£145k
31/03/2024	£139k	£140k
31/03/2023	£129k	£145k
31/03/2022	£131k	£120k
31/03/2021	£112k	£97k

Common questions

Is NEWSOME PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £173,700.16 against total expenditure of £134,448.90 for the year ending March 2025, resulting in a surplus. The closing balance increased from £53,262.73 to £66,453.51, indicating positive cash flow and adequate resources to continue operations.

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	26/03/2008	£5k	Newsome Pre-school Playgroup

Charities like this

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

YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
NORTH COMMON PRE - SCHOOL income £103k
INTAKE PRE-SCHOOL income £318k
SOMERVILLE PRE-SCHOOL income £108k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEWSOME PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP	£129k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH COMMON PRE - SCHOOL FY2025	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INTAKE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£318k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOMERVILLE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£178k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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