RIDGEWAY PLAYGROUP LIMITED

Registered charity 1117737 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objectives are to provide safe and satisfying group play for the promotion of the education of pre-school-age children.

Objects

TO PROVIDE SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF PRE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. GLOUCESTERSHIRE, STROUD, BUSSAGE, BROWNSHILL, EASTCOMBE

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
£154k
Latest spending
£161k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with unrestricted reserves of £53,030.77, which the trustees describe as a 'good level of reserves' despite a net deficit for the period. The charity reports increased child numbers and a waiting list, indicating stable operational demand, although it incurred a net movement in funds of -£7,632.82.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£154k£161k
31/07/2024£137k£129k
31/07/2023£131k£110k
31/07/2022£93k£77k
31/07/2021£63k£61k

Common questions

Is RIDGEWAY PLAYGROUP LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with unrestricted reserves of £53,030.77, which the trustees describe as a 'good level of reserves' despite a net deficit for the period. The charity reports increased child numbers and a waiting list, indicating stable operational demand, although it incurred a net movement in funds of -£7,632.82. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RIDGEWAY PLAYGROUP LIMITED£154k—0unclear—no doubt
RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£322k—0unclear—no doubt
BEN RHYDDING PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£150k£20,1560above—no doubt
BREDON PLAYGROUP FY2025£123k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£132k—0above—no doubt
RUDGWICK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£129k—0above—no doubt

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