TICK TOCK PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 293334 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MILLBROOK NURSERY PLAYGROUP

Playgroup for 4 month olds to 5 year olds.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULORY SCHOOL AGE BY (A) PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING PLAY, IN WHICH PRENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART. (B) ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN. (C) FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£429k

Latest spending

£426k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a good financial position with unrestricted reserves of £48,729 carried forward. The trustees hold these reserves to cover redundancy money, a contingency fund, and three months of running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £3,152 for the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 months running costs (held: £49k)

“And 3 months running costs” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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

Ofsted — Tick Tock Playgroup: Requires improvement · 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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
Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Jamie McNultychair
Chiron Smith
Gemma Court
Lisa Hunter

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£429k	£426k
31/08/2024	£370k	£393k
31/08/2023	£325k	£331k
31/08/2022	£270k	£287k
31/08/2021	£344k	£389k

Common questions

Is TICK TOCK PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a good financial position with unrestricted reserves of £48,729 carried forward. The trustees hold these reserves to cover redundancy money, a contingency fund, and three months of running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £3,152 for the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

BUTTINGTON/TREWERN PLAYGROUP income £57k
COMPTON PLAYGROUP income £194k
BOX PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £125k
BUNYAN PLAYGROUP income £174k
HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £159k
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £142k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TICK TOCK PLAYGROUP	£429k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BUTTINGTON/TREWERN PLAYGROUP FY2025	£57k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COMPTON PLAYGROUP FY2025	£194k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BOX PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£125k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BUNYAN PLAYGROUP FY2025	£174k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£159k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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