SHELSWELL AND FRINGFORD PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1052801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHELSWELL AND FRINGEFORD PLAYGROUP, SHELSWELL PLAYGROUP

To provide a safe & educational environment for children from the Shelswell & Fringford benefice and surrounding towns and villages, before their move forward to primary 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £66,034, up from £59,380 in the previous year, driven by incoming resources of £151,320 against expenditures of £144,666. The charity holds tangible fixed assets with a net book value of £3,270 and has no restricted or endowment funds. No material uncertainties or going concern issues are disclosed.

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 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

• CAMILLA LAMBERT-DEELEYchair
• BARONESS VON MALTZAHN
• CAROLE ANNE MELVILLE THOMPSON
• MRS PENNY WOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
• SHARON BROCKLEBANK-HARRIS
• SHARON SMYTHE

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• THE CHURCH HALL PLAYGROUP (BISHOP'S WALTHAM) income £196k
• BOTTESFORD AND DISTRICT PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £122k

Side by side with its peers

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