WHITWORTH PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1099853 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To work with local families to aid them in the education and development of young children. To promote the needs of children with special needs when preparing to go into education.

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 AND BY:(A) 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(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 AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WHITWORTH

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 a reserves policy of six months of running costs. The document does not disclose the actual unrestricted reserves figure, total income, or total expenditure, nor does it mention any audit or independent examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Financial reserves 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Maureen Joneschair
• Karen Ruane
• Liz Hughes
• Madeline De Souza
• Michael Whitworth

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORTH PARK PLAYGROUP.

• WORTH PARK PLAYGROUP income £143k
• SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP income £104k
• WIRKSWORTH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £122k
• HUNSWORTH PLAYGROUP income £101k
• WINTON PLAYGROUP income £233k
• WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k

Side by side with its peers

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