Carmel Playgroup

Registered charity 1177864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARMEL PLAYGROUP AND TODDLERS

CARMEL PLAYGROUP AND TODDLER GROUP HELP PROVIDE CHILDCARE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 2 AND 4 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE CURRICULUM . THE GROUP CAN HAVE UP TO x24 CHILDREN PER SESSION . 5 DAYS A WEEK DURING TERM TIME. THE GROUP IS STAFFED ACCORDING TO CIW REQUIREMENTS.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN WALES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEEDS THROUGH HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE PROVISION.

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

£108k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £16,119 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total receipts of £122,894 against total payments of £106,775. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted funds of £36,867 and restricted funds of £869, noting a policy to hold sufficient resources to continue activities should income fall short. The charity received significant income from Welsh Government support for childcare places and was back on the Early Entitlement scheme.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the CPG should income and fundraising activities fall short (held: £37k)

“CPGs' policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the CPG should income and fundraising activities fall short.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 Inspectorate Wales (CIW). 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
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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/09/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Carl Pearcechair
Bethan Williams
Hannah Chowdhury
Natalie White
Sophie Martin

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

Operates in: Flintshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£108k	£91k
31/08/2024	£67k	£69k
31/08/2023	£61k	£61k
31/08/2022	£45k	£47k
31/08/2021	£47k	£44k

Common questions

Is Carmel Playgroup financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £16,119 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total receipts of £122,894 against total payments of £106,775. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted funds of £36,867 and restricted funds of £869, noting a policy to hold sufficient resources to continue activities should income fall short. The charity received significant income from Welsh Government support for childcare places and was back on the Early Entitlement scheme. 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
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/12/2014	£4k	Improving Outdoor Learning

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £142k
ST MARY'S PLAYGROUP CIO income £190k
CONDICOTE PLAYGROUP AND TODDLER GROUP income £118k
ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £238k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
GISLINGHAM PLAYGROUP income £126k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Carmel Playgroup	£108k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£142k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S PLAYGROUP CIO FY2025	£190k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CONDICOTE PLAYGROUP AND TODDLER GROUP FY2025	£118k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2026	£238k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£178k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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