PETTS WOOD PLAYGROUP (FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS)

Registered charity 803792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PETTS WOOD PLAYGROUP

Playgroup for children with special needs

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY: A. PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS B. ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN C. FURTHERING THE AIM 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.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bromley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a surplus of £5,089, strengthening its net assets to £31,675. Total income rose to £104,664, driven by increased grant funding, while total expenditure was contained at £99,575. The Treasurer notes that cash at bank increased to £26,000 with no outstanding liabilities, providing a sound platform to sustain services.

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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 08/07/2024, 8 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Petts Wood Playgroup For Children With Special Needs (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DOCTOR MENAKA DE SILVA
• Richard Clarke

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

Operates in: Bromley · Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• TOWER PLAYGROUP income £46k
• SWINESHEAD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £325k
• ABBEYDALE PLAYGROUP income £164k
• LADYBIRDS PLAYGROUP income £126k
• SUNNYSIDE PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £180k
• THE PLAYHOUSE FOUNDATION income £112k

Side by side with its peers

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