EMERSON VALLEY PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1056708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WENDY HOUSE

To enhance the development and education of children primarily between the age of two to statutory school age.

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Latest income

£208k

Latest spending

£207k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remained financially stable and successfully balanced its budget for the year despite ongoing financial pressures from increased staffing costs. The trustees report that the charity maintained strong relationships with families and the local community. The reserves policy aims to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to approximately three months' operating income to ensure financial resilience.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' operating income

“The charity's reserves policy is to build and maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to approximately three months' operating income.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Clarkechair
Charlotte Ross
Luke Andrew Gibbons
Nicola Kirby
WENDY JANE CROSS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£208k	£207k
31/08/2024	£201k	£196k
31/08/2023	£184k	£181k
31/08/2022	£157k	£158k
31/08/2021	£177k	£164k

Common questions

Is EMERSON VALLEY PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remained financially stable and successfully balanced its budget for the year despite ongoing financial pressures from increased staffing costs. The trustees report that the charity maintained strong relationships with families and the local community. The reserves policy aims to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to approximately three months' operating income to ensure financial resilience.

Charities like this

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

HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k
HEMPSTED PLAYGROUP income £131k
HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £306k
SEAMER PRE-SCHOOL income £232k
LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £343k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EMERSON VALLEY PLAYGROUP	£208k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025	£807k	—	below	—	no doubt
HEMPSTED PLAYGROUP FY2025	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025	£306k	—	above	—	no doubt
SEAMER PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£232k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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