BENNETT COURT COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP LIMITED

Registered charity 1135039 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community playgroup providing early years eductaion to children under fives in London Borough of Islington.

Objects

4.1 TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY:-4.1.1 OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES IN A SECURE, SAFE, WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, WHICH PROMOTES STIMULATION AND POSITIVE LEARNING, 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, SEX, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;4.1.2 ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;4.1.3 CONTRIBUTING AND STRENGTHENING THE LINKS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CHARITY

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 increased to £69,885, which the trustees confirm is sufficient to meet working capital requirements for up to six months if income drops significantly. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £32,642 for the year, with total income rising by more than 13% compared to the previous year.

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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07163366

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.

• CASTLE GIBSON, Joyce Ann — director, appointed 11/02/2019not on trustee list
• LEWIS, Jane Auriole — director, appointed 18/06/2018on trustee list
• MCKEOWN, Helena Farstad — director, appointed 12/09/2016on trustee list
• LEWIS, Jane Auriole — secretary, appointed 12/07/2018

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joyce Ann Castle Gibsonchair
• Cameron Robert McKeown
• Helena Farstad McKeown
• Jane Auriole Lewis

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

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