KINGSKERSWELL PLAYGROUP AND NURSERY

Registered charity 297146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KINGSKERSWELL PLAYGROUP

TO AID THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN BY OFFERING;PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACYPROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING AND NUMARACYKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLDPHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTCREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

Objects

TO ADVANCE 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 AND BY:(A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS (C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOY 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £23,102 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Free unrestricted reserves increased to £124,892, held entirely in cash at bank and in hand. The trustees confirmed that all funds are unrestricted and there are no restricted or endowment funds.

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 3 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 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marie Joneschair
• Bethan Roberts
• Deborah Rose
• Helen Rowswell
• Margaret Wilton
• Samuel Thomas Foster
• Victoria Coleman

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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