BADGER FARM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1002447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BADGER FARM PLAYGROUP

We aim to enhance and develop the education of children under statutory school age in a parent-involving community-based group. We aim to provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment for the children. We aim to work within a framework which ensures equal opportunity for all children and their families.

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.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE WINCHESTER

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a loss for the year ended 31 March 2026 due to lower birth rates and reduced funding, but remains a sound and sustainable setting. The trustees report that previous profitable years provided sufficient funds to absorb this loss, maintaining the charity's operational stability.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Jackman
• DENISE TOSDEVINE
• Kimberley Evans
• Laura Healy
• Lucy Jayne Campbell Vokes
• Mia Mansbridge
• Stephanie Buller

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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