PLAYWAM PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1206675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Playwam Preschool aims to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children, by offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, and by instigating and adhering to the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY:OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS;INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO THE STATUTORY FRAMEWORK FOR THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE.

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: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Playwam Preschool made an operating loss of £10,870 for the year ended 31 July 2025, despite receiving total income of £171,051. The charity maintains a healthy cash flow by collecting fees in advance and budgets to break even, with unrestricted funds available for general objectives. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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.

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

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

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Albertha Staples
• Astrid Maria O'Brien
• Carol Ann Morey
• Elizabeth Alison Mott
• Emma Ghuman
• Matthew Griffith
• Sarah Alice Britton

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL income £100k
• HEAMOOR PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £444k
• ADDINGHAM PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £133k
• EMLEY PLAYSCHOOL income £107k
• BEN RHYDDING PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £150k
• ELTHAM PARK BAPTIST CHURCH PLAYWELL PRE-SCHOOL income £193k

Side by side with its peers

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