JACK AND JILL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1042803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JACK AND JILL PRE-SCHOOL, HORSHAM, Jack and Jill Childcare

To provide sessional daycare for 2-5 year olds and wrap around care for children aged 2-12 years.

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 - IN PRACTICE,ROFFEY

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
£413k
Latest spending
£319k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £236,519, exceeding the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £78,000 (three months of running costs). The charity reported a net income of £93,926 for the year, indicating positive financial performance and adequate resources to meet its objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (63% of income)
“Donations and legacies 261,395” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £237k)
“We would like to accumulate approximately three months running costs in the reserve and for the purpose of this calculation we will take one months running costs to be £26,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£413k£319k
31/08/2024£273k£283k
31/08/2023£230k£206k
31/08/2022£198k£227k
31/08/2021£211k£210k

Common questions

Is JACK AND JILL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £236,519, exceeding the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £78,000 (three months of running costs). The charity reported a net income of £93,926 for the year, indicating positive financial performance and adequate resources to meet its objectives. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.