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Brightlingsea Playcentre is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, economic/community development/employment.
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At a glance · official register
What are the key facts about Brightlingsea Playcentre?
Reported income · year ending 2025-08-31
£220,794
Reported spending · year ending 2025-08-31
£166,304
Registered charity number
1026524
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Other
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Regent Road
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded
Quick answer
Brightlingsea Playcentre (number 1026524) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Brightlingsea Playcentre do?
We are a pre school who look after children aged between 2 to 5 years. We have a large garden for the children to access freely during their time with us. The sessions are 3hours filled with activities to both develop and educate the children. We provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Brightlingsea Playcentre
Answers Brightlingsea Playcentre gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 August 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Brightlingsea Playcentre's highest-paid staff paid?
Brightlingsea Playcentre's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register does not record Brightlingsea Playcentre as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Brightlingsea Playcentre's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Essex
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People.
Reported activities: Provides Human Resources; Provides Services.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Brightlingsea Playcentre registered for?
Why is there no Clarity Score for Brightlingsea Playcentre yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Brightlingsea Playcentre.
An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity.
The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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The register data used for this profile lists Brightlingsea Playcentre as a registered charity (number 1026524) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Brightlingsea Playcentre's charity number?
Brightlingsea Playcentre's charity number is 1026524. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1026524?
Search 1026524 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Brightlingsea Playcentre do?
We are a pre school who look after children aged between 2 to 5 years. We have a large garden for the children to access freely during their time with us. The sessions are 3hours filled with activities to both develop and educate the children. We provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment.
Does Brightlingsea Playcentre have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Brightlingsea Playcentre. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Brightlingsea Playcentre?
Brightlingsea Playcentre does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is Brightlingsea Playcentre's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Brightlingsea Playcentre's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Brightlingsea Playcentre?
The register does not record Brightlingsea Playcentre as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Brightlingsea Playcentre's trustees paid?
Brightlingsea Playcentre's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Brightlingsea Playcentre registered as a charity?
Brightlingsea Playcentre was entered on the register on 28 September 1993.