HEMPSTED PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1041556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide sessional daycare for children from 2 years 9 months up to 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a positive cash movement of £17,798 during the year, with year-end cash balances totaling £65,295. The Treasurer reports that the charity is in a 'very healthy financial state' with no reason for finances to be a concern despite rising costs. The trustees are advised to actively manage and strategically deploy these reserves to support long-term stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Tesco — “A big thank you to Tesco for giving us the funding to improve our garden. This funding allowed us to create a safe outdoor environment for t…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paula Overthrowchair
• Ella Johnson-Manley

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

• HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
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• EMERSON VALLEY PLAYGROUP income £208k
• ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
• ST JOSEPH'S PLAYGROUP, HERTFORD income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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