AVEBURY PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1055570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide a playgroup registered with OFSTED for up to 40 children aged between 2 - 5 years old. The sessions run Monday to Friday during school term times between the hours of 0845 - 1145am and 1215 - 1515pm.

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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Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £27,805 at the end of the year, which is below the committee's stated prudent target of keeping at least five months of running costs in unrestricted funds. The charity reported a net decrease in total assets from £147,583 to £140,605, driven by total payments exceeding total receipts for the period.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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• Ofsted — Avebury Playgroup: Good · Ofsted

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

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARTA GETACHEW LEMAchair
• Henna Ahmed
• MARGARET O'TOOLE
• NUURA SHARIF

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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