EARLY YEARS WALES 2018

Registered charity 1056381 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALES P P A, WALES PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION, WALES PRE-SCHOOL PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION

To enhance the development, care and education of pre-school children in Wales, by encouraging parents to understand and provide for their needs through high quality pre-school groups. To give adults confidence to make the best use of their knowledge and resources, for the benefit of themselves and pre-school children.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS, THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT AND CARE OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN WALES BY: (A) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE INCLUDING UPON GOVERNANCE, REGULATION, PLANNING, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT AND CARE OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN; AND (B) ENCOURAGING PARENTS, CARERS AND FAMILIES OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEEDS BY ENGAGING THEM IN ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE THEIR EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT AND CARE.

Area of benefit: WALES

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 the charity generated a net outgoing resource of £130,845 for the year, resulting in an unrestricted deficit of £83,215 after investment losses. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that cash flow remains strong with £313,833 held in cash, and free reserves were £1,050,613 at the reporting date.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~12.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr David Dallimore
• Elly Roberts
• Jamie Alan Powell
• Kathryn Leighfield
• Leonie Roberts
• Natalie MacDonald

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTAKE PRE-SCHOOL.

• INTAKE PRE-SCHOOL income £318k
• DWYLO BACH PRESCHOOL income £123k
• MUDIAD MEITHRIN income £9.0m
• CYLCH MEITHRIN PWLLHELI income £124k
• FIRST STEPS NURSERY income £1.5m
• WEMBURY PRE-SCHOOL income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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