GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 295122 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP, GREAT CHART PLAYGROUP

To assist children in pre-school development by (a) providing safe and satisfying group play in which parents have the right to take part (b) encouraging other charitable activities through which parents may help children.

Objects

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

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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Latest income

£166k

Latest spending

£161k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £5,614.37 for the year ended 31 July 2025, primarily due to exceptional fundraising. The trustees report that despite the surplus, protected reserves for statutory redundancy costs have increased, leaving £5,000 less available for use than the previous year. The trustees confirm that sufficient funds remain above these dedicated reserves to maintain the charity as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Early Education funding

“Early Education funding is the Preschool’s main source of income, with the hourly rates determined by the Department of Education and KCC.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: ringfenced funds to ensure statutory redundancy costs

“the annual financial reserve check, where we ensure we have ringfenced funds to ensure statutory redundancy costs, showed we need to increase the protected reserve by £10,000” — page 3

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALLISON OVENDENchair
Dr SIMRAT KAUR RAIT
ELLIE NASON
JOANNE RUAUX
KAMILA MATYSIAK
LISA GOSS
MICHELLE BEERENSSON · trustee of 1 other charity
REBECCA BIRCH
SANANUR MERIC GUY

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£166k	£161k
31/07/2024	£162k	£152k
31/07/2023	£149k	£140k
31/07/2022	£129k	£132k
31/07/2021	£147k	£136k

Common questions

Is GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £5,614.37 for the year ended 31 July 2025, primarily due to exceptional fundraising. The trustees report that despite the surplus, protected reserves for statutory redundancy costs have increased, leaving £5,000 less available for use than the previous year. The trustees confirm that sufficient funds remain above these dedicated reserves to maintain the charity as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £238k
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k
OVER KELLET PLAYGROUP income £144k
ST CUTHBERTS PLAYGROUP income £146k
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP income £104k
LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £343k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PLAYGROUP	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2026	£238k	—	above	—	no doubt
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£132k	—	above	—	no doubt
OVER KELLET PLAYGROUP FY2025	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST CUTHBERTS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£146k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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