SEDBERGH PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1060957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEDBERGH CHILD CARE (PLAYGROUP AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUB)

To provide a Playgroup for children from the ages of 2 years to entrance to the Local Education (LEA) Nursery at 3 years old. The Playgroup concentrates on learning through play and allows children within this age group to play with contemporaries encouraging social skills and an easy transition into the LEA system.

Objects

A) TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION, RECREATION AND CARE OF THE CHILDREN OF SEDBURGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. C) 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: SEDBURGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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 Sedbergh Playgroup incurred a net loss of £2,898.43 for the year ended 31st August 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Total income decreased to £66,240.58 from £85,617.70, while total expenditure increased to £69,139.01. The charity holds current and reserve assets totaling £46,268.77, with no stated reserves policy target 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
• Financial reserves 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare Louise Thompson
• Hazel Margaret Watson
• JOANNE KITCHEN
• Rebecca Louise Parkin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Richmond Gubbins
• VIKKI LOUISE WILSON

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

Operates in: Cumbria

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Government & lottery funding

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