Registered charity · Brentford
Green Dragon Playgroup
Green Dragon Playgroup is a registered charity (number 1056308) based in Brentford, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Heidi Bystram since 2025. Latest income £142k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £142k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Hounslow
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£142k£162k
- 2024£174k£134k
- 2023£123k£127k
Earlier years
- 2022£124k£109k
- 2021£94k£108k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 86%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
4 grants · £32,034 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,034 (2 grants)
- London Borough of Hounslow · £3,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- London Borough of Hounslow
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- London Borough of Hounslow
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Heidi Bystram Chair since 2025
- Claudette Charles since 2019
- Janette Odey since 2016
- Kathryn Halsey since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Claudette Charles since 2019
- Janette Odey since 2016
- Kathryn Halsey since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Heidi Bystram Chair since 2025
- Claudette Charles since 2019
- Janette Odey since 2016
- Kathryn Halsey since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1056308
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 4TH DECEMBER 1995
- Contact on the register
- 07939498154 · gdplaygroup@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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