SELLY WICK PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1137051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PRESCHOOL EDUCATION SESSIONS IN THE SELLY OAK AREA OF BIRMINGHAM

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:A OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, 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;B ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS;C INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHER THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

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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Latest income

£139k

Latest spending

£131k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £7,268 for the year, with total incoming resources of £138,691 against total resources expended of £137,034. The trustees note that free reserves were approximately five months of expenditure, which is below their stated policy target of not less than six months. The charity acknowledges the need to seek new sources of funding to guard against future reductions.

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 (held: £70k; policy: not less than 6 months of expenditure)

“At the end of the year, the free reserves were approximately 5 months.”

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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 07292217

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.

HAYNES, Simone — director, appointed 16/09/2019not on trustee list
GILBERT, Gillian Theresa — director, appointed 22/06/2010on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/11/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

GILLIAN GILBERT

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£139k	£131k
31/08/2024	£155k	£148k
31/08/2023	£124k	£135k
31/08/2022	£105k	£120k
31/08/2021	£114k	£99k

Common questions

Is SELLY WICK PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £7,268 for the year, with total incoming resources of £138,691 against total resources expended of £137,034. The trustees note that free reserves were approximately five months of expenditure, which is below their stated policy target of not less than six months. The charity acknowledges the need to seek new sources of funding to guard against future reductions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	1	£3k
United by 2022 Charity	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SELLY OAK NURSERY SCHOOL LAND AND BUILDINGS.

THE SELLY OAK NURSERY SCHOOL LAND AND BUILDINGS income £385k
GRENDON AND BILLESLEY NURSERY AND FAMILY CENTRE income £3.1m
SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £175k
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £104k
BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED income £2.3m
KIRKBURTON PRE-SCHOOL income £107k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SELLY WICK PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP	£139k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE SELLY OAK NURSERY SCHOOL LAND AND BUILDINGS FY2025	£385k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GRENDON AND BILLESLEY NURSERY AND FAMILY CENTRE FY2025	£3.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	0	above	188.9%	no doubt
BIRMINGHAM EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP LIMITED FY2025	£2.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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