WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1080554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preschool Playgroup

Objects

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

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

£132k

Latest spending

£108k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £91,440 at the year end, which is equivalent to ten months of running costs. This exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining at least three months of running costs. The charity reported a net surplus of £24,097 for the year, indicating satisfactory financial performance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of the running costs and administration expenses (held: £91k)

“The trustees have examined the requirement to maintain reserves for the ongoing work of the charity and have concluded that the most appropriate level is at least three months of the running costs and administration expenses.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 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

Trustees · trustee networks

Lora Margerisonchair
Laura Pickup · trustee of 1 other charity
Lisa English

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£132k	£108k
31/03/2024	£97k	£81k
31/03/2023	£74k	£67k
31/03/2022	£67k	£60k
31/03/2021	£50k	£46k

Common questions

Is WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £91,440 at the year end, which is equivalent to ten months of running costs. This exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining at least three months of running costs. The charity reported a net surplus of £24,097 for the year, indicating satisfactory financial performance. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £142k
CHAPELBREAK PLAYGROUP income £197k
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £159k
GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £133k
GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PLAYGROUP income £166k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP	£132k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£142k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CHAPELBREAK PLAYGROUP FY2025	£197k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£113k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£159k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2026	£133k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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