LONDON ROAD PLAYGROUP & PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1109819 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN

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.• TO OFFER APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY• ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORCESTERSHIRE.

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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Latest income
£203k
Latest spending
£192k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records, with no material matters coming to attention that would hinder understanding of the financial position.

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 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£203k£192k
31/08/2024£162k£154k
31/08/2023£161k£154k
31/08/2022£125k£135k
31/08/2021£138k£136k

Common questions

Is LONDON ROAD PLAYGROUP & PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records, with no material matters coming to attention that would hinder understanding of the financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/03/2010£6kLondon Road Playgroup and Pre-School Garden Project
The National Lottery Community Fund10/10/2006£1kTables for London Road Playgroup and Pre-School

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST1£20k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONDON ROAD PLAYGROUP & PRE-SCHOOL£203k—0unclear—no doubt
LORDSMEAD PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£267k—0unclear—no doubt
HARLOW HILLTOP PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£234k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITE ROAD PLAYGROUP FY2025£294k—0unclear—no doubt
DEVON CLOSE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£145k——unclear—no doubt
KINGSWAY PLAYGROUP FY2025£197k—0unclear—no doubt

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