WOODLANDS EXTRA

Registered charity 1198422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PUPILS OF BARNFIELDS PRIMARY SCHOOL:(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE; AND(2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS.

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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Registered contact address: Stafford, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £34,323 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £174,065. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern, noting no material uncertainties exist regarding future operations. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed related-party transactions or trustee remuneration.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

• Ofsted — Woodlands Extra: Outstanding · Ofsted

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 01/10/2024 (received 08/09/2025, 38 days after the 01/08/2025 due date); year ending 01/10/2023 (received 05/02/2025, 188 days after the 01/08/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 27/01/2025, 362 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 01/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Kenneth Ballchair
• Gayle Darlington
• Susan Francis · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WOODLANDS FARM TRUST.

• THE WOODLANDS FARM TRUST income £234k
• THE WOODLANDS TRUST income £246k
• WOODLANDS (CIO) income £346k
• WOODLANDS PRE-SCHOOL income £156k
• WOODLANDS GREEN LTD income £371k
• WOODHALL SPA COTTAGE MUSEUM income £57k

Side by side with its peers

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