SHOTLEY KIDZONE

Registered charity 293543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHOTLEY VILLAGE PLAYGROUP

Shotley Kidzone offers pre-school learning with sessions lasting 7 hours every day. We also offer a breakfast club and after school club, for all primary school and pre-school children, which Government Funding can be used with too.

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Latest income

£198k

Latest spending

£168k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is financially stable with a surplus for the year, noting that expenditure was maintained at previous levels despite increased revenue driven by grants and fundraising. The trustees report that the organization is not surplus-making in its core operations but remains efficient through management efforts. Major risks identified include potential decreases in local school intake affecting out-of-hours club numbers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Government funding

“The principal source of funds is from government funded children aged between 2 years and 4.11 years. Other funding comes from out of hour’s clubs and holiday clubs.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: minimum of £10,000 in an emergency fund... and £5,000 for emergency repairs or maintenance

“The setting will retain a minimum of £10,000 in an emergency fund to allow for the closure of the setting and any subsequent redundancies. This will be reviewed against head count annually. We will also retain £5,000 for emergency repairs or maintenance.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Helen Hibberdchair
Hayley Coleman
Therasa Butcher

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£198k	£168k
31/03/2024	£153k	£168k
31/03/2023	£180k	£177k
31/03/2022	£153k	£156k
31/03/2021	£159k	£143k

Common questions

Is SHOTLEY KIDZONE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is financially stable with a surplus for the year, noting that expenditure was maintained at previous levels despite increased revenue driven by grants and fundraising. The trustees report that the organization is not surplus-making in its core operations but remains efficient through management efforts. Major risks identified include potential decreases in local school intake affecting out-of-hours club numbers.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/02/2020	£10k	Shotley Kidzone Extension

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL.

YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
WIZZ KIDS PRE-SCHOOL income £448k
BALDERTON PRE-SCHOOL income £459k
COTGRAVE KIDS CLUB income £187k
LONG CRENDON PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB income £244k
UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £118k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SHOTLEY KIDZONE	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
WIZZ KIDS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£448k	—	within	—	no doubt
BALDERTON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£459k	—	unclear	—	noted
COTGRAVE KIDS CLUB FY2025	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONG CRENDON PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB FY2025	£244k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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