Registered charity · Leicestershire
Birstall Playgroup for Children With Additional Needs
- 5 trustees
- Income £21k (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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Leicestershire
- Website
- www.birstallplaygroup.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£21k£19k
- 2024£28k£24k
- 2023£27k£23k
Earlier years
- 2022£18k£17k
- 2021£9k£13k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN BETWEEN 0 AND 5 YEARS WITH ANY FORM OF ADDITIONAL NEED OR DISABILITY AND THEIR PARENTS/CARERS PARTICULARLY BY:- I)THE PROVISION OF A SAFE, WELCOMING AND STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT II)THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE PLAY ACTIVITIES WITH A VIEW TO AS-SISTING THEM IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT III)THE PROVISION OF SHORT BREAK FOR PARENTS AND CARERS IV)THE PROVISION OF A HIGH RATIO OF HELPERS V)THE PROVISION OF AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALTERNATIVE AUGMENTA-TIVE AND ALTERNATE COMMUNICATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PLAYGROUP. E.G. MAKATON-VISUAL AIDS.
Grants received
5 grants · £80,231 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
- BBC Children in Need · £76,096 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £4,135
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Maria Helen Middleton Chair since 2010
- Julie Drabble since 2011
- Lyndsey Helen Derbyshire since 2026
- Susan Claire Attewell since 2007
- Susan Wright since 2007
Trustees past 6 years
- Maria Helen Middleton Chair since 2010
- Julie Drabble since 2011
- Susan Claire Attewell since 2007
- Susan Wright since 2007
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Maria Helen Middleton Chair since 2010
- Julie Drabble since 2011
- Lyndsey Helen Derbyshire since 2026
- Susan Claire Attewell since 2007
- Susan Wright since 2007
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
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
- 1095651
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 02/11/1998AS AMENDED ON 08/11/2002AS AMENDED ON 04/11/2011 AS AMENDED ON 16 SEP 2021 AS AMENDED ON 16 SEP 2021 AS AMENDED ON 04 NOV 2022AS AMENDED ON 21 MAR 2023 as amended on 07 Nov 2025 as amended on 14 Nov 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01162675007 · birstallplaygroup@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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