MOSS HALL PLAYCENTRE

Registered charity 1174872 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The moss Hall Play centre provides the necessary facilities for the daily care, recreation and education for children after school hours.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO:(1) PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AFTER SCHOOL HOURS AND(2) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIESIN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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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Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£292k

Latest spending

£306k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £14,974 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £203,696. Per the trustees' report, this surplus is above the stated reserves policy target of £203,239, which includes six months of expenditure reserves. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six-month expense totalling £153,239, unforeseen expenditure of £10,000 and inclusion fund of £40,000, being a total amount of £203,239 (reserves figure: £204k)

“The trustees have agreed a policy to maintain a 6 month expenditure reserve along with an amount for unforeseen expenditure and amounts for an inclusion fund. At the year-end this equates to six-month expense totalling £153,239, unforeseen expenditure of £10,000 and inclusion fund of £40,000, being a total amount of £203,239.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Prior year only

“In the prior year, the charity paid £40,002 in rent for use of space at Moss Hall Schools Federation which is connected by nature of the previous Headteacher of Moss Hall School Federation being a trustee of the charity. No amounts were outstanding at the year end. All transactions were carried out at arm's length.”

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
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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Laura Wynnechair
Georgia Fotopoulou
Simon John Irving Fisher

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£292k	£306k
31/08/2024	£238k	£253k
31/08/2023	£215k	£172k
31/08/2022	£182k	£144k
31/08/2021	£128k	£134k

Common questions

Is MOSS HALL PLAYCENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £14,974 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £203,696. Per the trustees' report, this surplus is above the stated reserves policy target of £203,239, which includes six months of expenditure reserves. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties. 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 O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£112k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
WINCHESTER ROTARY CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PLAYHOUSE PLAYGROUP.

PLAYHOUSE PLAYGROUP income £33k
MOORCLOSE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £125k
HORSENDALE PLAYGROUP income £171k
SPACE income £256k
SPECIAL PLAY AND LEISURE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS income £163k
THE MOORE HALL PLAYSCHOOL LTD income £170k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MOSS HALL PLAYCENTRE	£292k	—	above	—	no doubt
PLAYHOUSE PLAYGROUP FY2025	£33k	—	above	—	no doubt
MOORCLOSE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£125k	—	below	—	no doubt
HORSENDALE PLAYGROUP FY2025	£171k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SPACE FY2025	£256k	—	below	—	no doubt
SPECIAL PLAY AND LEISURE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS FY2025	£163k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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