BICESTER GARRISON (TIDDLYWINKS) PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1065023 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Garrison Playgroup

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Latest income

£260k

Latest spending

£229k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position relies on a balance between income from fees, grants, and donations against rising wage costs. The trustees note that financial prudence is essential and that they have taken steps to build up a fund to cover potential redundancies. The filing includes an independent examiner's report confirming the accounts reflect a true statement of income and expenditure.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Lyndon Robinson Lt Col

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£260k	£229k
31/03/2024	£206k	£182k
31/03/2023	£155k	£146k
31/03/2022	£129k	£135k
31/03/2021	£115k	£106k

Common questions

Is BICESTER GARRISON (TIDDLYWINKS) PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position relies on a balance between income from fees, grants, and donations against rising wage costs. The trustees note that financial prudence is essential and that they have taken steps to build up a fund to cover potential redundancies. The filing includes an independent examiner's report confirming the accounts reflect a true statement of income and expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THOMAS HARLEY'S ESTATE CHARITY	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST DUNSTANS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP.

ST DUNSTANS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £110k
TNB GARRISON EARLY YEARS AND PLAY income £3.5m
BREDON PLAYGROUP income £123k
ST MARY'S TODDLER AND PLAYGROUP, TETBURY income £120k
HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £159k
CONDICOTE PLAYGROUP AND TODDLER GROUP income £118k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BICESTER GARRISON (TIDDLYWINKS) PLAYGROUP	£260k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST DUNSTANS COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TNB GARRISON EARLY YEARS AND PLAY FY2025	£3.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BREDON PLAYGROUP FY2025	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S TODDLER AND PLAYGROUP, TETBURY FY2025	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£159k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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