ALNE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1147197 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide affordable 8am-6pm care for children from Alne (Nth Yorks) & local villages of age 2 to school age. We develop & educate children through play in a safe, stimulating environment; developing co-operation and sharing; teaching them to treat others with kindness and respect; encouraging them to be independent learners. We welcome children with special learning needs or disabilities.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS

Area of benefit: 1 NORTH YORKSHIRE

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 the charity generated a net income of £42,398 for the year ended 31 August 2025, bringing total unrestricted and restricted funds to £278,613. The trustees report that despite ongoing financial pressures, the playgroup remained financially stable and maintained safe staffing ratios. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £276,289, which significantly exceeds its stated reserves policy target of approximately £30,000.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08056940 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• LINSLEY, Sarah Alice — director, appointed 19/02/2025on trustee list
• MORRIS, Nicola Louise — director, appointed 22/07/2016on trustee list
• PATEL, Laura Jane, Dr — secretary, appointed 09/07/2020

Official officers record.

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Laura Jane Patelchair
• DAWN ELIZABETH GRAINGER
• Nicola Louise Morris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah - Alice Linsley

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

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