COALWAY EARLY YEARS

Registered charity 900365 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROADWELL AND COALWAY PLAYGROUP, BROADWELL AND COALWAY PLAYGROUP, MOTHER AND TODDLER GROUP, BROADWELL PLAYGROUP AND MOTHER AND TODDLERS GROUP

Community Playgroup

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Latest income

£143k

Latest spending

£140k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faced lower donations and difficulty securing grants during the financial year. Despite these challenges, the charity maintained unrestricted cash funds of £70,462 at the end of the period. The trustees have noted that their reserves policy is currently under review.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“During this financial year the charity has faced lower charity donations and it has also been harder to access/secure grants for development for the setting.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

The Forest Lottery — “We have joined the Forest Lottery- You can support our charity setting and win up to £25,000!” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Hannah Barnardchair
Abigail Williams
Jade Jones
Jessica Heath
Kayleigh Hoskings

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£143k	£140k
31/08/2024	£137k	£140k
31/08/2023	£131k	£130k
31/08/2022	£120k	£115k
31/08/2021	£140k	£129k

Common questions

Is COALWAY EARLY YEARS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity faced lower donations and difficulty securing grants during the financial year. Despite these challenges, the charity maintained unrestricted cash funds of £70,462 at the end of the period. The trustees have noted that their reserves policy is currently under review.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/01/2006	£5k	disabled access

Charities like this

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

STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP income £148k
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k
WHITELEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £103k
RIDGEWAY PLAYGROUP LIMITED income £154k
Hardwicke Early Years income £153k
WORTH PARK PLAYGROUP income £143k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COALWAY EARLY YEARS	£143k	—	unclear	—	noted
STEPPING STONES PLAYGROUP FY2025	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£132k	—	above	—	no doubt
WHITELEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£103k	—	unclear	—	noted
RIDGEWAY PLAYGROUP LIMITED FY2025	£154k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Hardwicke Early Years FY2025	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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