ALL SAINTS PLAYGROUP (HALIFAX)

Registered charity 1066854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALL SAINTS PLAYGROUP

Runs as a pre-school providing pre-school education for 2 to 5 year olds in the local area.

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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Latest income
£99k
Latest spending
£91k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £7,436 and unrestricted free reserves of £69,625. The trustees aim to maintain reserves in line with 3 to 6 months of essential operating expenditure, a target which the current unrestricted reserves appear to exceed. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 to 6 months of essential operating expenditure (held: £70k)
“The trustees aim to maintain reserves broadly in line with 3 to 6 months of essential operating expenditure for emergency or unforeseen expenditure, temporary deficits or cash flow issues and essential one-off costs.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£99k£91k
31/08/2024£90k£75k
31/08/2023£75k£61k
31/08/2022£67k£4k
31/08/2021£83k£61k

Common questions

Is ALL SAINTS PLAYGROUP (HALIFAX) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £7,436 and unrestricted free reserves of £69,625. The trustees aim to maintain reserves in line with 3 to 6 months of essential operating expenditure, a target which the current unrestricted reserves appear to exceed. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.