DUNNINGTON CHILDREN

Registered charity 1093097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DUNNINGTON PLAYGROUP AND TIDDLERS, Over the Rainbow

To provide out of school care to children from 2 years to the end of primary school

Objects

(1) 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 OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES 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 REGARDLESS OF RACE CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS ;- 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;- INVESTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.(2) TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND CREATIVE PLAY OF CHILDREN INITIALLY OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND EVENTUALLY DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £26,196 for the year, with total receipts of £287,153 against payments of £260,957. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £135,879, which is below its stated policy target of 3–6 months of committed expenditure, although designated funds of £42,183 are held for future investment.

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 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04448939

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ROBINSON, Daniel — director, appointed 01/11/2025on trustee list
• WILKINSON, Caroline — director, appointed 01/11/2025on trustee list
• YALLOP, Henry — director, appointed 01/11/2025on trustee list
• STARZYNSKI, Abigail Charlotte — director, appointed 13/07/2023on trustee list
• ROBINSON, Harriet — director, appointed 20/03/2022on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abigail Charlotte Starzynski
• Caroline Wilkinson
• Daniel Robinson
• Harriet Lucy Robinson
• Henry Yallop

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

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £175k
• DEDDINGTON PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION STAGE UNIT income £331k
• THE LITTLE SUTTON CLUB AND NURSERY SCHOOL income £692k
• PINCHBECK KIDS CLUB income £122k
• CHILDREN CARE CENTRE income £231k
• DAUXWOOD PRE-SCHOOL GROUP income £148k

Side by side with its peers

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