LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1042614 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN.

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: IN PRACTICE - LORDSWOOD, SOUTHAMPTON

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 generated a profit of £13,040 for the year ending 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted income of £343,365. The trustees report that reserves are maintained in a separate account to cover running costs and potential redundancies, noting that the amount held includes three months of running costs. Most income is received from Nursery Education Funding, while all fundraising proceeds are spent on new equipment.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karen Morrischair
• Ashleigh Cattell
• David Austin
• Emily Bryant
• Holly Bostock
• James Tweneboah
• Katherine Stanswood
• Rachel Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Hounsell
• Victoria Fountain

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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