WILLIAM OLDER PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 269069 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANGMERING PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

SESSIONAL CHILDCARE FOR LOCAL PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

Objects

TO PROVIDE SAFE AND SATISFACTORY GROUP PLAY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN ANGMERING DISTRICT WHO ARE UNDER THE STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE.

Area of benefit: ANGMERING AND DISTRICT

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 made a profit of £17,780 with total income of £336,554, heavily reliant on West Sussex County Council funding. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £199,324, which exceeds the stated policy target of covering yearly running costs. The independent examiner confirmed no material matters arose during the examination of the accounts.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Courtney Crathern
• Louise Bowles
• Lucinda Forsyth
• Marc James Robinson

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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