WARBOYS UNDER FIVES

Registered charity 296992 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WARBOYS UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP

To advance the education of children below compulsory school age 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 the children; (C) furthering the aims of the pre-school playgroups association.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE 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 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.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £13,120.83 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £215,813.93 against expenses of £187,434.37. The trustees report that the committee continues to build reserves to maintain a contingency fund for service enhancement. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr AnnMarie Hiltonchair
• Emma Jade Henson
• Hannah Jane McGee
• Megan Sian Stickler-Sell
• Patrice Mulligan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sacha Wilkinson

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PLAYGROUP.

• GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PLAYGROUP income £166k
• ST CUTHBERTS PLAYGROUP income £146k
• LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £343k
• 3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £142k
• SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP income £104k
• SURE AND FIRM FOUNDATIONS income £869k

Side by side with its peers

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