ST JOSEPH'S PLAYGROUP, HERTFORD

Registered charity 1089180 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOSEPH'S PLAYGROUP

Pre-school providing early years education to children from age 2 to 4 years old.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE IN HERTFORD AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES. (1) PROVIDING SAFE, SECURE AND STIMULATING GROUP PLAY, IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART (11) PROVIDING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

Area of benefit: HERTFORD AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES

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 finished the financial year with a surplus of £7,896.63, despite operational costs climbing and a rise in the minimum wage affecting the wage bill. The trustees report that increased government funding per child helped offset higher hourly staff rates, although fewer people paid fees. Operational expenses also increased due to repairs of deteriorated outdoor areas.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Laura Jane Zielinskachair
• Claire Scales
• DIANE KERINS

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

• HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
• ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• ST. JOSEPH'S PRE-SCHOOL income £176k
• St Joseph's Pre-School income £130k
• ST JOSEPHS PRE-SCHOOL (BRISTOL) income £244k

Side by side with its peers

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