WHITCHURCH OUT OF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1042261 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PIRATE CLUB, THE WOODPECKERS OUT OF HOURS CLUB

Provision of care for children before and after school, during inset days and during school holidays with club activities

Objects

TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

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

£199k

Latest spending

£200k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £960 for the year ended 31st August 2025, with total income of £199,150 and total expenditure of £200,110. The closing unrestricted reserves stood at £73,239, which the trustees note is maintained as a contingency against rising costs and future risks, including potential rent increases and building replacement needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months payments (held: £73k)

“It is Woodpeckers’ policy, and a requirement of the Charities Commission to keep unrestricted funds, which equates to at least three months payments.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The Charity is required to hold reserves of at least 3 months outgoings for a “normal” year. This is held to smooth out fluctuations in cash flow and to meet emergencies. Financial modelling carried out by the Treasurer and considered by the Committee anticipates rising costs will erode these funds and therefore this is maintained as contingency for increasing costs year on year and the risks identified later in this report.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by A. P. Baker and Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Michelle Louise Carolanchair
Sadie Teresa Lowman-Jones
Simon Geeves

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£199k	£200k
31/08/2024	£166k	£180k
31/08/2023	£154k	£166k
31/08/2022	£218k	£213k
31/08/2021	£58k	£64k

Common questions

Is WHITCHURCH OUT OF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £960 for the year ended 31st August 2025, with total income of £199,150 and total expenditure of £200,110. The closing unrestricted reserves stood at £73,239, which the trustees note is maintained as a contingency against rising costs and future risks, including potential rent increases and building replacement needs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by A. P. Baker and Co.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	31/01/2011	£8k	Access Watersports
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/08/2004	£5k	Canoe Instructors

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACOMB OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB LIMITED.

ACOMB OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB LIMITED income £232k
ABC CHILDCARE (IPSWICH) LTD income £253k
CHURCH HOUSE PRE-SCHOOL income £121k
PINCHBECK KIDS CLUB income £122k
THE CHURCH HALL PLAYGROUP (BISHOP'S WALTHAM) income £196k
HIGH WYCH PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY income £224k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WHITCHURCH OUT OF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION	£199k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
ACOMB OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB LIMITED FY2025	£232k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ABC CHILDCARE (IPSWICH) LTD FY2025	£253k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
CHURCH HOUSE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£121k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PINCHBECK KIDS CLUB FY2026	£122k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHURCH HALL PLAYGROUP (BISHOP'S WALTHAM) FY2025	£196k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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