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.

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Latest income

£216k

Latest spending

£203k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Reserves policy: contingency fund available (held: £128k)

“The pre-school committee continue to build reserves in order to have a contingency fund available.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£216k	£203k
31/08/2024	£202k	£187k
31/08/2023	£172k	£166k
31/08/2022	£178k	£129k
31/08/2021	£111k	£114k

Common questions

Is WARBOYS UNDER FIVES financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION	1	£91k

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
BURNHAM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £136k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WARBOYS UNDER FIVES	£216k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GREAT CHART AND SINGLETON PLAYGROUP FY2025	£166k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST CUTHBERTS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025	£343k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£142k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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