OVERTON PLAYCENTRE

Registered charity 1182019 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Overton Playcentre CIO provide full day childcare to children aged 18 months -12 years old in the village of Overton-on Dee and the surrounding area. The childcare we offer includes a sessional playgroup, Funded Early Education, before and after school club and holiday club. We are also registered as providers of the Childcare Offer for Wales.

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

£213k

Latest spending

£198k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £15,255 for the year ended August 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit. Per the trustees' report, this result was driven by fee increases, additional fundraising, and tight cost control, although a portion of the surplus relates to unspent grant income. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,090, providing a level of financial stability, though the trustees note that outstanding debt remains a concern for cash flow.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: CIW report identified that 'some staff files did not contain the information needed to evidence staff’s suitability to care for children... not prior to them starting at the setting as needed'

“Leaders have an appropriate recruitment system in place; however, some staff files did not contain the information needed to evidence staff’s suitability to care for children. The files evidenced leaders had identified the missing information and this was being sought but not prior to them starting at the setting as needed.” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW); Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales. 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
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
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Claire Morris
Lianne Evans
Lucy Matthews
Virginia Holland

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

Operates in: Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£213k	£198k
31/08/2024	£191k	£203k
31/08/2023	£165k	£167k
31/08/2022	£165k	£150k
31/08/2021	£134k	£135k

Common questions

Is OVERTON PLAYCENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £15,255 for the year ended August 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit. Per the trustees' report, this result was driven by fee increases, additional fundraising, and tight cost control, although a portion of the surplus relates to unspent grant income. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,090, providing a level of financial stability, though the trustees note that outstanding debt remains a concern for cash flow. 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	06/09/2018	£8k	The Overton Play Share Project

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MALDWYN NURSERY AND FAMILY CENTRE.

MALDWYN NURSERY AND FAMILY CENTRE income £630k
OVER KELLET PLAYGROUP income £144k
OAKWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £225k
ST BEDE'S CHILDCARE LIMITED income £3.9m
ACORNS EARLY YEARS CENTRE income £865k
COTGRAVE KIDS CLUB income £187k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OVERTON PLAYCENTRE	£213k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MALDWYN NURSERY AND FAMILY CENTRE FY2024	£630k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OVER KELLET PLAYGROUP FY2025	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OAKWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025	£225k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST BEDE'S CHILDCARE LIMITED FY2025	£3.9m	—	above	—	no doubt
ACORNS EARLY YEARS CENTRE FY2025	£865k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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