WIGMORE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY UNDER FIVES

Registered charity 1000430 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIGMORE UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL

To advance education of children below compulsory school age by:-- providing safe and satisfying group play in which parents have the right to take part.- encouraging other charitable activities through which parents may help children.- furthering the aims of the Pre-School Learning Alliance.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY:- A) PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART B) ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN C) FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £199,473 as of 31 March 2025, following a net income of £3,515 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted cash of £204,894 against current liabilities of £5,421, indicating a strong liquidity position with no stated reserves policy target.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS CATHIE BARRchair
• ANGELA EDWARDS
• CHELSEA MADDISON
• CORINNE PEACOCK
• Carolyn Cullinane
• LINDA MCGONICLE
• LINZAY WARWICK
• MARIA ROBINSON
• Menal Joshi
• SARAH CROFT
• Sam Howard

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIGAN TOWN CENTRE.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIGAN TOWN CENTRE income £242k
• ST MARGARET'S PRE-SCHOOL income £124k
• CHURCH HOUSE PRE-SCHOOL income £121k
• MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL income £100k
• WILFORD VILLAGE PLAYGROUP income £210k
• WINTON PLAYGROUP income £233k

Side by side with its peers

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