WOODLANDS UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 801864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide children from the age of 2 years old to school age with an early years foundation stage education regardless of race, culture, religion, means or ability.

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance 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, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, 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 whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(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 aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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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Latest income
£112k
Latest spending
£97k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £54,874 to £57,169 during the year, reflecting a net income of £2,295. The charity operates on a receipts and payments basis and holds no restricted funds or fixed assets, with all net assets held as cash at bank.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£112k£97k
31/12/2024£93k£90k
31/12/2023£100k£94k
31/12/2022£87k£76k
31/12/2021£62k£72k

Common questions

Is WOODLANDS UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £54,874 to £57,169 during the year, reflecting a net income of £2,295. The charity operates on a receipts and payments basis and holds no restricted funds or fixed assets, with all net assets held as cash at bank. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.