BOBTAILS PLAYGROUP & TEDDY CLUB

Registered charity 1137973 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOBTAILS PLAYGROUP AND TEDDY CLUB

TO PROVIDE PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION TO CHILDREN UNDER 5 ON A SESSIONAL BASIS. RUN PARENT/CARER AND BABY/TODDLER GROUPS.

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:- 4.1 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;4.2 ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;4.3 INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE HERTFORDSHIRE AND ESSEX.

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 charity reported a net deficit of £3,550 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing to £160,443. The accounts state that the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts did not comply with applicable requirements.

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: Care Quality Commission; 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07276992

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• government — “We built a brand-new building funded by a government grant in 2011.” (source page)

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.

• WILSON HARTLES, Kelly — director, appointed 21/10/2024not on trustee list
• ANGELL, Courtney Danielle — director, appointed 21/10/2024on trustee list
• FULLER, Bryony — director, appointed 21/10/2024on trustee list
• HERBERT, Scarlett — director, appointed 21/10/2024on trustee list
• MAZZA, Victoria Louise — director, appointed 13/03/2023on trustee list
• ROSSIDES, Chloe Elizabeth — director, appointed 13/03/2023on trustee list
• O'NEIL, Kerry — director, appointed 01/11/2022on trustee list
• MAZZA, Victoria Louise — secretary, appointed 22/03/2023

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Natalie Bowenchair
• Bryony Fuller
• Chloe Rossides
• Courtney Angell
• Keely Smith
• Kelly Wilson Hartles
• Kerry O'Neil
• Scarlett Herbert
• Victoria Louise Mazza

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

Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire

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