RAUNDS CHILD CENTRE

Registered charity 1111660 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAUNDS PLAYGROUP

Child Nursery

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:3.1 OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE 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 WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;3.2 ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;3.3 INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE RAUNDS CHILD CENTRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

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: North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£123k
Latest spending
£147k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £24,376 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a significant decrease in unrestricted reserves to £20,222. The trustees identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to challenges with grant income and input costs, though they maintain adequate resources for the foreseeable future. The charity's reserves policy aims to cover four months of expenditure, but current reserves cover less than three months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The aim is to hold sufficient reserves to cover four months of expenditure, although in reality the reserves now cover less than three months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“The trustees have concluded that the combination of these circumstances represents a material uncertainty that casts significant doubt upon the company's ability to continue as a going concern” — page 4
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.

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 31/08/2024

  • Government income: £133,009 — grants £133,009 (1); 90% of the £147,045 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £110,384 — grants £110,384 (1); 88% of the £125,902 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 16/09/2026, 78 days after the 30/06/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£123k£147k
31/08/2024£147k£139k
31/08/2023£126k£128k
31/08/2022£128k£115k
31/08/2021£108k£112k

Common questions

Is RAUNDS CHILD CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £24,376 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a significant decrease in unrestricted reserves to £20,222. The trustees identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to challenges with grant income and input costs, though they maintain adequate resources for the foreseeable future. The charity's reserves policy aims to cover four months of expenditure, but current reserves cover less than three months. 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 Fund15/07/2005£3kOutdoor Area

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 WIGHT AID FOUNDATION1£500
Moto Foundation1£150

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLLINGHAM GARDENS NURSERY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RAUNDS CHILD CENTRE£123k—0below—material uncertainty
COLLINGHAM GARDENS NURSERY FY2025£212k—0unclear—noted
THE BRAMBLES NURSERY AND CHILDREN'S CENTRE LTD FY2025£343k—0above—no doubt
BELTINGE DAY NURSERY FY2025£274k—0unclear—no doubt
WOODROYD NURSERY AND CHILDRENS CENTRE FY2025£554k—0above—no doubt
CHAPELTOWN COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£302k—0unclear—no doubt

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