HAWKS ROAD COMMUNITY NURSERY LIMITED

Registered charity 1015045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TIK-TOK

To provide high quality affordable childcare to the local community, supporting those parents who wish to either return to work or continue with their education.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE DAY CARE RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5 WHOSE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS WORK IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GATESHEAD OR ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE COUNTIES OF TYNE AND WEAR,DURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND

Area of benefit: GATESHEAD OR ELSEWHERE WITHIN TYNE & WEAR DURHAM & N/LAND

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 returned an overall loss of £37,486 for the year, largely due to a non-cash depreciation charge of £38,807, resulting in a cash position close to break-even. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £874,818, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover income fluctuations based on child number projections. The financial position is described as healthy, with net current assets of £487,535.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02581092

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MILBURN, Freda Isabelle — director, appointed 04/03/2019on trustee list
• MILLER, Andrew Christopher — director, appointed 15/03/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~13.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Christopher Millerchair
• FREDA Isabelle Milburn

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Northumberland

Income and spending

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