COPYTHORNE PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1021957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide sessional pre-school education and care during term time to enhance the development of children under school age. Offer play facilities and learning in accordance with the Early years framework and Ofsted.

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 - FOR FURTHER OBJECTS, REFER TO CONSTITUTION

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 the charity operated at a deficit of £16,854 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus of £22,575 in the previous year. Total funds held decreased from £66,894 to £50,040, with unrestricted reserves standing at £50,040. The trustees report that the pre-school remains active in the community and has improved facilities despite the financial loss.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Holmeschair
• Deborah Barrow
• Emma Noble
• Gemma Wort
• Kirsty Rowley
• Sally Callander

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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