WATERY LANE PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1022016 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MICHAELS PLAYGROUP

pre school activities indoor and outdoor

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS

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 held unrestricted reserves of £20,662 at the end of the financial year. The trustees report highlights a strong financial position maintained through diligent forecasting and the acquisition of significant grants. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries.

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.

• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Watery Lane Preschool (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philippa Dalzielchair
• Alexandra Lear
• CARLA TIER
• Cherry Coward
• Dr Jennifer Knight
• Heidi Beaver
• Rebecca Ely

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOODLEY PRESCHOOL.

• WOODLEY PRESCHOOL income £134k
• HOLBROOK PRE-SCHOOL income £246k
• WETLEY ROCKS PRE-SCHOOL income £105k
• HORFIELD WELLY PRE-SCHOOL income £101k
• Lyminge Pre School income £273k
• ST LEONARDS PRE - SCHOOL income £260k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.