FOUNTAINS PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1063010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rural Playgroup and Pre-school serving children aged 2 - 5

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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 the charity reported a surplus of £36,295.74 for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by a significant increase in government-funded childcare income. The trustees note that reserves are held in a savings account to provide resilience against unexpected changes in income or costs, and they are exploring a potential merger with a primary school to ensure long-term sustainability.

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 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dawn Rogers
• Leanne Noone
• Richard Noake
• Sophia Louise Hamilton Bromet

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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