# GOSLINGS PLAYGROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1031887
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 26, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1031887


## Contact

- **Address:** Goslings Playgroup, Whitehill Junior School, Whitehill Road, HITCHIN, Hertfordshire
- **Postcode:** SG4 9HT
- **Phone:** 01462 622662
- **Email:** goslingsplaygroup@outlook.com
- **Website:** www.goslingsplaygroup.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

**Activities:** Goslings Playgroup provides good quality care and early years education for children aged 2 years to four years. We are Ofsted registered and provide flexible places between the hours of 8.45am and 3.00pm. We are based in a mobile building in the grounds of Whitehill Junior school in Hitchin which has its own fenced outdoor play area.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Hertfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £142804 | £131825 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £159165 | £154851 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £133030 | £124862 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £111818 | £113987 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £112333 | £112906 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Kirsty Isabelle Fells** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 12, 2024
- Catherine Lydia Leal-Bennett — appointed Jan. 24, 2023
- Charlotte Alice Sweeney — appointed Sept. 30, 2025
- Hannah Louise Morris — appointed Sept. 30, 2025
- Philip William Byford — appointed March 10, 2021