WINDMILLS OPPORTUNITY PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1072977 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WINDMILLS SPECIAL NEEDS PLAYGROUP

Aids development of children with medical/social needs. Supports the family of those mentioned. Liaise with schools to ease transition.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FIVE YEARS SOME OF WHOM HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS THROUGH DISABILITY, DEPRIVATION OR OTHERWISE AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY THEREOF IN PARTICULAR(1) TO PROVIDE SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART AND (11) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES WHEREBY PARENTS AND FAMILIES MAY HELP SUCH CHILDREN IN THE COUNTIES OF EAST AND WEST SUSSEX.

Area of benefit: EAST AND WEST SUSSEX

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £144,121.71, which the trustees note provides a 'healthy balance sheet'. The reserves policy indicates a target of covering running costs for two terms (£107,000) plus closure costs, totaling £145,350, meaning current reserves are slightly below the stated policy target. The independent examiner confirmed the accounts present a true and fair view.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanna Burgess
• Lesley-Anne Irving
• Ruth Gray
• Sarah Ann John

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).