HEATHER PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 802275 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Early years education for all children aged 3-5 years.

Objects

TO ADVANC 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.

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

£130k

Latest spending

£133k

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a slight deficit of £3,363 for the financial year. The trustees note that contingency funds are available to cover any shortfall in income, and funding rates from the local authority are set to increase by just under 3% for the next year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Governance: Trustee vacancy admitted: Vikki has resigned and no one had been approached about the vacancy.

“It was stated that we need to recruit another trustee as Vikki has resigned. No one had been approached about the vacancy.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
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

Katie Joneschair
Deborah Simmonds
Georgina Horler
Lucia Wright

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£130k	£133k
31/08/2024	£83k	£95k
31/08/2023	£86k	£96k
31/08/2022	£94k	£83k
31/08/2021	£99k	£79k

Common questions

Is HEATHER PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a slight deficit of £3,363 for the financial year. The trustees note that contingency funds are available to cover any shortfall in income, and funding rates from the local authority are set to increase by just under 3% for the next year.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEMPSTED PLAYGROUP.

HEMPSTED PLAYGROUP income £131k
ST JOSEPH'S PLAYGROUP, HERTFORD income £118k
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £142k
THE HEATHERS NURSERY income £194k
HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £306k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HEATHER PLAYGROUP	£130k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HEMPSTED PLAYGROUP FY2025	£131k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST JOSEPH'S PLAYGROUP, HERTFORD FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£113k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£142k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE HEATHERS NURSERY FY2025	£194k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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