Y W C A PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1049672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Happy Kids Altrincham Preschool Playgroup, ST GEORGE'S PLAYGROUP

To provide secure, supervised nursery facilities for pre-school children over the age of 1.5yrs to the age of 5 yrs, at an affordable price. We operate 5 mornings and 4 afternoons a week for a total of 31 hours and take up to 30 children per session. A limited number of places are reserved for children whose circumstances render them in need of a place, should the situation arise.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE.

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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Registered contact address: Trafford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state a surplus of £13,983 for the period, with total receipts of £148,307 and payments of £134,324. The trustees report that reserves of £41,000 are held to cover unexpected costs, but note uncertainties regarding future viability due to increased rental costs, employment costs, and competition.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann-marie Garthwaite
• Bridie Betts
• Hannah Leng
• Happy Kids, Altrincham Preschool Playgroup

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

Operates in: Trafford

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAUNTON ON WYE PLAYGROUP.

• STAUNTON ON WYE PLAYGROUP income £233k
• NORTH WOOTTON PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k
• CADWGAN PLAYGROUP income £88k
• LEESWOOD UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP income £51k
• KIRKBY MALLORY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £40k
• WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £104k

Side by side with its peers

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