SCALLYWAGS PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1043302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide day care for two to four year olds. We provide them with a safe environment to play and learn, giving them a sound base for starting school.

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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Latest income

£157k

Latest spending

£152k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity suffered cashflow issues in previous years, requiring borrowing from the redundancy fund to remain open, though the situation has improved with increased attendance. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are currently £6,517.81, which is below the stated policy target of £16,635 required for redundancy contingencies. The filing was independently examined rather than audited.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £7k; policy: £16,635 required)

“£6,517.81 currently – (£16,635 required)” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity have struggled with numbers durimg the last couple of years but are now increasing the number of children attending and therefore suffered with cashflow resulting in borrowing from the redundancy fund to keep the nursery open.”

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.

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Chris Joneschair
Alison Cattell
CLAIRE JARVIS
CLAIRE TAYLOR
DONNA ROBERTS
Holli Morris
Rebecca Young
Stacey Hipkins
Tracey Stone

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£157k	£152k
31/03/2024	£130k	£129k
31/03/2023	£117k	£116k
31/03/2022	£90k	£123k
31/03/2021	£129k	£98k

Common questions

Is SCALLYWAGS PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity suffered cashflow issues in previous years, requiring borrowing from the redundancy fund to remain open, though the situation has improved with increased attendance. Per the trustees' report, free reserves are currently £6,517.81, which is below the stated policy target of £16,635 required for redundancy contingencies. The filing was independently examined rather than audited. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/08/2016	£10k	Scallywags Outdoor Classroom

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL).

SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL) income £111k
SCALLYWAGS PARENT PARTNERSHIP NURSERY income £102k
SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (EDGWORTH) income £152k
SCALLIWAGS PRE-SCHOOL income £410k
GISLINGHAM PLAYGROUP income £126k
HEMPSTED PLAYGROUP income £131k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SCALLYWAGS PLAYGROUP	£157k	—	below	—	noted
SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL) FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	noted
SCALLYWAGS PARENT PARTNERSHIP NURSERY FY2025	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (EDGWORTH) FY2025	£152k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SCALLIWAGS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£410k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GISLINGHAM PLAYGROUP FY2025	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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