FIVEWAYS PLAYCENTRE

Registered charity 1131820 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Founded in 1963 Fiveways Playcentre follows a lively pre-school curriculum with additional daycare and an After-Schools Club. The centre has generous outdoor play area and is open 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday term time, with community based clubs and play schemes at weekends & school holidays. (The Playcentre was formerly known as Fiveways Pre-School Playgroup - Reg No 305178).

Objects

3.1 TO PROVIDE SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OFPRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN; AND3.2 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND IN SCHOOL HOLIDAYS; AND SO THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE CARRIED OUT ON A NON-PROFIT MAKING, NON-POLITICALAND NON-SECTARIAN BASIS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £317,634, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of holding minimum cash reserves equivalent to three months of staff costs. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £74,710 for the year, resulting in a positive fund balance carried forward.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/07/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Camille Heather Brinkworth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dominic Arnall
• Felicity Abigail Emily Baird
• Gillian Marguerite HUHNDORF
• Lucy Rebecca Duckworth
• Mary Laura Shaw
• Sue Benton-Stace

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

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