GRESFORD GOVERNORS' CLUBS AND PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1180659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRESFORD PLAYGROUP DUCKS AND DUCKLINGS, Gresford Governors' Clubs & Playgroup

We accept children from the age of 2 until they are of statutory school age as part of our Full Day Care Offer (Playgroup and Playgroup Plus) and those of statutory school age (up to 12 years old) as part of wider wrap around care. (Breakfast and Teatime Clubs). Our Holiday Club is available to children aged 2 to 12 years old.

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 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,145 for the year ended 31st August 2025, resulting in total funds of £169,690. The unrestricted general fund experienced a deficit of £14,040, while the restricted building fund increased by £15,185. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/08/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janet Maureen MacDonaldchair
• ANTHONY LEWIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• JEAN ROBERTS
• Richard Hatwood
• Simon Evans
• Susan Roden

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

Operates in: Wrexham

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

• GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £133k
• ST AGNES DAY NURSERY income £232k
• GISLINGHAM PLAYGROUP income £126k
• UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• COTGRAVE KIDS CLUB income £187k

Side by side with its peers

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