SILKSTONE PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 700333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity provides a pre school nursery from children aged 2 - 7

Objects

(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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £8,022 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing from £49,324 to £41,302. The trustees report that the charity maintains reserves equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, a policy they consider maintained throughout the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04540155

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CRABTREE, Charlotte Ann — director, appointed 27/03/2026on trustee list
• CARNEY, Rachael Diane — director, appointed 19/08/2024on trustee list
• OXLEY, Meigan — director, appointed 19/08/2024on trustee list
• FIELDING, Mark — director, appointed 30/04/2024on trustee list
• BROADHEAD, Naomi — director, appointed 29/11/2023on trustee list
• BROADHEAD, Tom — director, appointed 29/11/2023not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Thomas Broadheadchair
• Charlotte Crabtree
• Mark Fielding · trustee of 1 other charity
• Meigan Oxley
• Naomi Margaret Mary Broadhead
• Rachael Diane Carney

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

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