ALLSORTS PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1042520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALLSORTS PALYGROUP

We provide preschool and out of school care

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 unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £372,480, driven by a net surplus of £222,903. The trustees note that these reserves are held to support planned renovations and to facilitate the search for new premises to meet growing demand. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanne Cheshirechair
• Alys Bonney
• Emma Knake
• Kim Moore
• Laura Pearson

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

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

• WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k
• ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £238k
• HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £159k
• HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
• PONSANOOTH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £126k
• BOTTESFORD AND DISTRICT PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £122k

Side by side with its peers

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