FREDA'S COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP AND PRE-SCHOOL CIO

Registered charity 1186847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Playgroup and pre-school for children aged 9 months - 5 inclusive.

Objects

THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS OBJECTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY:(1) PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY; (2) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN (WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY)(3) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;(4) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;(5) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;(6) PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO; AND(7)FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

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 increased its staffing from 15 to 18 employees during the 2024-25 academic year to meet demand. It reports generating profits from fees, fundraising, and grants, while transferring a significant percentage of these profits into a building fund for a new nursery.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Freda’s Playgroup (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rebecca Mercerchair
• Adrian Corns
• Andrea Corns · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosemary Hodgson

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• FRIARS CENTRE PLAYGROUP income £171k
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Side by side with its peers

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