NURSERY RHYMES PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1180347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities and objects of the charity are specifically to provide high quality affordable childcare that enhances the development, care and education of pre school children, in a safe and stimulating environment, where they can learn through play in partnership with parents and carers. The playgroup is in Treharris within the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN WALES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEE DS 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small cash surplus of £223 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total receipts increasing to £141,390 and expenditure falling to £141,167. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £36,108, which is slightly above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £35,290 (equivalent to three months of predictable outgoings).

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: 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• THORA WILLIAMSchair
• Claire Wilton
• DAVID GARETH RICHARDS
• LEANNE CLAIR ARNOLD
• MIA ALEXANDRA BOUNDS
• VICTORIA ANN MORGAN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Merthyr Tydfil

Income and spending

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