GISLINGHAM PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1158570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a Playgroup for children aged from 2 until they move up to Primary School. We provide high quality care and education in a safe environment with learning through play in an imaginative and satisfying way.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN ATTENDING GISLINGHAM PLAYGROUP BY: PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING THROUGH PLAY IN AN IMAGINATIVE AND SATISFYING WAY, PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS TO HELP CHILDREN LEARN AND DEVELOP, ADDING TO THE LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF ITS LOCAL COMMUNITY, OFFERING CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS A SERVICE WHICH PROMOTES EQUALITY AND VALUE DIVERSITY.

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 funds increased to £107,344 at 31 July 2025, up from £78,897 the previous year, following a net income of £28,447. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Funding is primarily derived from fee income and grants, with £10,000 held in an interest-generating account for unforeseen expenditure.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dionne Haleychair
• Gemma Lewis
• Joanne Holmes
• Joanne Walker
• Laura Macalpine
• Sophie Gaskin

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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