ALTON COMMUNITY PLAYSCHOOL

Registered charity 1106438 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childcare for children aged 6 months to 5 years

Objects

TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UP TO AND INCLUDING THE AGE OF 11 PRIMARILY FROM AND IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OR WANDSWORTH (THE AREA OF BENEFIT).TO ADVANCE PARENTING SKILLSTO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATION FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: WANDSWORTH

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 reported a net loss of £8,769 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves falling to a deficit of £49,097. The trustees note that fundraising remains difficult due to the financial crisis and that the deficit is partly attributed to increased staffing costs for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Despite these challenges, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investing charity funds 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Alton Community Playschool (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/10/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alice Pozzi
• Cristina Motoca
• Maria Rita Henderson Reilly
• Nadiya Kashtelyan
• Raffaele Giovanetti

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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