PLAYHOUSE PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1108286 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of term-time sessional daycare, mornings only. Activities include freeplay with wide variety of toys both inside and outdoors, art & craft, music, dancing.

Objects

TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UP TO AND INCLUDING THE AGE OF FIVE (5) PRIMARILY FROM AND IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH (THE AREA OF BENEFIT).TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARENTING SKILLS.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATION FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF 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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Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£33k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a loss of £6,629 for the year ended 31 March 2025. However, unrestricted reserves remain strong at £41,019, which the trustees consider adequate to cover more than 12 months of costs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: more than 12 months of costs (reserves figure: £41k)

“The trustees consider their reserves adequate to cover more than 12 months of costs.” — page 2

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 80

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 250

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05250087

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.

LEGH, Victoria Caroline — director, appointed 17/08/2020not on trustee list
WRIGHT, Kerry — director, appointed 01/10/2012on trustee list
PENNICEARD, Charlotte — director, appointed 30/10/2007on trustee list
GOMER, Lisa — secretary, appointed 14/06/2019

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

CHARLOTTE PENNICEARD · trustee of 1 other charity
ELENA VOROBYOVA
KERRY WRIGHT
VICTORIA LLOYD-ROBERTS

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£33k	£40k
31/03/2024	£43k	£39k
31/03/2023	£42k	£35k
31/03/2022	£41k	£36k
31/03/2021	£20k	£27k

Common questions

Is PLAYHOUSE PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a loss of £6,629 for the year ended 31 March 2025. However, unrestricted reserves remain strong at £41,019, which the trustees consider adequate to cover more than 12 months of costs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£112k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
WINCHESTER ROTARY CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP.

HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £306k
THE PLAYHOUSE FOUNDATION income £112k
MOSS HALL PLAYCENTRE income £292k
BEAVERS LODGE PLAYGROUP income £220k
SAUNDERSFOOT PLAYGROUP AND DAYCARE income £80k
TUTBURY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £206k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PLAYHOUSE PLAYGROUP	£33k	—	above	—	no doubt
HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025	£306k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PLAYHOUSE FOUNDATION FY2025	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MOSS HALL PLAYCENTRE FY2025	£292k	—	above	—	no doubt
BEAVERS LODGE PLAYGROUP FY2025	£220k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SAUNDERSFOOT PLAYGROUP AND DAYCARE FY2025	£80k	—	below	—	no doubt

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