QWACKERS ALFORD PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION

Charity number: 1031852

Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Provision of pre-school activities and education to enhance the development of children under the statutory school age. Qwackers caters for children age 2 - 4 years old, they can attend sessional (3 hour session) or for a full day (7.25 hours), 5 days a week (Monday - Friday) term time only.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 July 2023

Total income: £191,000

Total expenditure: £202,000

Total income includes £160,000 from 1 government grant(s)

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making

What the charity does:

Education/training

Who the charity helps:

Children/young People
People With Disabilities

How the charity helps:

Provides Services

Where the charity operates:

Lincolnshire

Governance

Registration history:

31 January 1994: Standard registration
22 August 2024: Removed (Transfer of funds)
22 August 2024: Funds transferred to 1204094 QWACKERS PRE-SCHOOL

Organisation type:

Other

Other names:

QWACKERS PRE-SCHOOL (Working name)
"QWACKERS" ALFORD PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION (Previous name)

Gift aid:

Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid

Other regulators:

No information available

Policies:

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

Land and property:

This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Financial history

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure	31/07/2019	31/07/2020	31/07/2021	31/07/2022	31/07/2023
Total gross income	£149.70k	£161.87k	£175.53k	£183.17k	£191.00k
Total expenditure	£148.93k	£137.06k	£167.11k	£187.82k	£202.00k
Income from government contracts	£126.72k	£143.72k	£149.05k	£150.76k	N/A
Income from government grants	N/A	£2.18k	£3.01k	N/A	£160.00k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.

Title	Reporting year	Date received	Received
Annual return	31 July 2024	Not submitted
Accounts and TAR	31 July 2024	Not submitted
Annual return	31 July 2023	29 April 2024	On time
Accounts and TAR	31 July 2023	29 April 2024	On time
Annual return	31 July 2022	01 May 2023	On time
Accounts and TAR	31 July 2022	01 May 2023	On time
Annual return	31 July 2021	02 May 2022	On time
Accounts and TAR	31 July 2021	02 May 2022	On time
Annual return	31 July 2020	22 May 2021	On time
Accounts and TAR	31 July 2020	22 May 2021	On time

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED OCTOBER 1989 AS AMENDED 17 JUNE 1993 AS AMENDED 14TH JULY 1999

Charitable objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED