BEEHIVE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1160990 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

Objects

THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS OBJECTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY:(1) PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;(2) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;(3) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;(4) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;(5) PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO; AND(6) FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

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

£166k

Latest spending

£152k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £166,709. The charity receives consistent income from fees, council funding, and grants, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: cover the cost of staff redundancies should the group close (held: £167k)

“Beehive Pre-School Playgroup management committee ensures that the amount held in reserves will cover the cost of staff redundancies should the group close.” — page 4

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
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
Investing charity funds 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
Volunteer management

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/01/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Wainwrightchair
Elizabeth Vogel · trustee of 1 other charity
Isabella Mohamuduccus
Janice Broadley
Mark Cherryholme
Nathalie Venter
Sophie Froud

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£166k	£152k
31/08/2024	£179k	£135k
31/08/2023	£105k	£97k
31/08/2022	£87k	£107k
31/08/2021	£116k	£103k

Common questions

Is BEEHIVE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £166,709. The charity receives consistent income from fees, council funding, and grants, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	28/02/2024	£19k	ARMED FORCES FAMILY FUND
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/08/2005	£4k	Lunch Club

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BEEHIVE CHILDCARE GROUP.

THE BEEHIVE CHILDCARE GROUP income £431k
BEIGHTON BIZZY BEE PLAYGROUPS LIMITED income £1.0m
BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP income £176k
ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £238k
HEAMOOR PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £444k
BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL income £270k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BEEHIVE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BEEHIVE CHILDCARE GROUP FY2025	£431k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEIGHTON BIZZY BEE PLAYGROUPS LIMITED FY2025	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP FY2025	£176k	—	unclear	114.2%	no doubt
ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2026	£238k	—	above	—	no doubt
HEAMOOR PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£444k	—	above	—	no doubt

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