RAINBOW PRE SCHOOL (STOKE POGES)

Registered charity 1008931 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAINBOW PLAYGROUP, RAINBOW PLAYGROUP (STOKE POGES, WEXHAM)

Pre school for children age between 2-5 years old

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 AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: STOKE POGES AND WEXHAM, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

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 achieved a net profit of £14,025.24, reversing previous losses, with total income rising to £122,988. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are £64,208.35, though they note the charity currently holds £59,000 in the bank, which is sufficient to fund only five months of operations against a policy target of six months. Staff costs constituted 74.3% of total expenditure, driven by salary increases to align with national wage standards.

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 3 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
• Paying staff
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LEAH WILSONchair
• ANUSHKA ARYA
• LORNA DULAN
• Rebecca Coombes

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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