PADDOCKS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1001964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PADDOCKS, PADDOCKS PLAYGROUP

Paddocks is a pre-school catering for children from 2-5 years old

Objects

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 FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, 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 AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: WALLINGFORD

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 the charity held unrestricted reserves of £168,007.20 as of 31st August 2025, which is above the stated policy target of £40,000 for running costs and redundancy. The filing reports a surplus for the year of £30,898.84, indicating that income exceeded expenditures during the period.

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.

• 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Paddocks Pre-school 1 (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Beatty
• Ellen Siv
• Emily Sheath
• Lauren Michelle Dunnett
• Luke Williams
• Mihaela Ionela Iosep

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OVER PUDDLEDUCKS PRE-SCHOOL.

• OVER PUDDLEDUCKS PRE-SCHOOL income £122k
• PADDOCK COMMUNITY TRUST income £604k
• PUDDLETOWN PLAYGROUP income £150k
• HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £198k
• PONSANOOTH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £126k
• PARKSIDE PRE SCHOOL income £263k

Side by side with its peers

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