COMPTON PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1204755 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMPTON PRE-SCHOOL

Child care and education through play for early years children.

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) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT(3) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING(4) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS(5) PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO, AND(6) 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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Registered contact address: West Berkshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£194k

Latest spending

£156k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £38,178 for the period, increasing total unrestricted funds to £105,938. The trustees report adequate resources for going concern and maintain a designated reserve of £27,500 for redundancy and cash flow buffers. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme with no disclosed deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: enough money to pay staff for their notice period and redundancy should we be forced to close unexpectedly and includes a further £17,000 to act as a cash flow buffer (held: £106k)

“The charity has maintained its reserve fund throughout the year, this fund is to ensure we would have enough money to pay staff for their notice period and redundancy should we be forced to close unexpectedly and includes a further £17,000 to act as a cash flow buffer” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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 (01/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rachel Houriganchair
Harriet Dallas
Laurie Louise Norton

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£194k	£156k
18/03/2024	£0	£0

Common questions

Is COMPTON PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £38,178 for the period, increasing total unrestricted funds to £105,938. The trustees report adequate resources for going concern and maintain a designated reserve of £27,500 for redundancy and cash flow buffers. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme with no disclosed deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRERETON PLAYGROUP.

BRERETON PLAYGROUP income £181k
THE CROFT PLAYGROUP income £54k
HUTTON PLAYGROUP income £37k
BUTTINGTON/TREWERN PLAYGROUP income £57k
TICK TOCK PLAYGROUP income £429k
ADDINGHAM PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £160k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COMPTON PLAYGROUP	£194k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRERETON PLAYGROUP FY2025	£181k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CROFT PLAYGROUP FY2025	£54k	—	above	—	no doubt
HUTTON PLAYGROUP FY2025	£37k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUTTINGTON/TREWERN PLAYGROUP FY2025	£57k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TICK TOCK PLAYGROUP FY2025	£429k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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