HODNET PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 702076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE PLAYGROUP SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE, BY:- (A) PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING PLAY IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO TAKE PART, (B) ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN, AND (C) FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAY-GROUPS 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 reported a loss of £1,416 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £93,066 and expenses of £94,481. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £140,190, comprising a current account balance of £18,960 and a bonus saver account of £121,230. The financial statements were compiled by Purcell Accountants, who expressed no assurance on the figures.

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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Nodenchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fiona Bennett
• Gemma Faulkner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Georgia Thomson
• Laura Cashmore
• Lillian Bratton

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

Operates in: Shropshire

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