REDBURY JELLY BABIES PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1040732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JELLY BABIES NURSERY & PRE-SCHOOL

We cater for children aged 2 yrs to 5 yrs. We operate in accordance with the EYFS and LEA funding is available up to 30 hours per week for 3-4year olds and 15 hours for eligible 2 year old. We work in partnership with parents/carers. . We operate from Longbridge Methodist Church and are OFsted registered.

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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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Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£122k
Latest spending
£70k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus, resulting in a closing balance of approximately £51,000. Total income was £121,547.16, primarily from funding and fees, while total outgoing costs were £69,964.64. The trustees note that the balance fluctuates significantly due to the timing of government funding receipts.

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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £74,003 — grants £74,003 (1); 61% of the £121,547 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £48,258 — contracts £48,258 (1); 55% of the £87,133 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 1

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£122k£70k
31/03/2024£87k£52k
31/03/2023£81k£54k
31/03/2022£59k£46k
31/03/2021£45k£46k

Common questions

Is REDBURY JELLY BABIES PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus, resulting in a closing balance of approximately £51,000. Total income was £121,547.16, primarily from funding and fees, while total outgoing costs were £69,964.64. The trustees note that the balance fluctuates significantly due to the timing of government funding receipts.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2008£7kStorytelling with Puppets and Books are Fun

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE DWF FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
REDBURY JELLY BABIES PLAYGROUP£122k—0unclear—no doubt
REDBRIDGE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025£226k—0above—no doubt
ALMONDBURY PLAYGROUP FY2025£96k—0unclear—no doubt
JELLYBABIES LTD FY2025£443k—0unclear—no doubt
LADYBIRDS PLAYSCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£178k—0unclear—no doubt
BELLEVUE PLAYGROUP LIMITED FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt

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