NOAH'S ARK NURSERY GROUP

Registered charity 1022584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURES PLAYGROUP, BURES PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Noah's Ark Nursery Group has been at the heart of Bures village life since 1971, providing quality affordable care and education for local pre-school children. We offer a safe and stimulating environment with a focus on play-centered activities in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE BURES

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 generated a surplus of £1,756 for the 13-month period, with total incoming resources of £162,358 against payments of £160,602. The trustees report that unrestricted funds of £111,257 equate to approximately twelve months of running costs, describing the financial position as healthy. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations were disclosed.

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
• Conflicting interests
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Emon Ferdowsianchair
• Christine Tulley
• Georgia Timmis
• Kate Verhaag
• Lucy Sarah Ferdowsian

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOAH'S ARK NURSERY SCHOOL.

• NOAH'S ARK NURSERY SCHOOL income £245k
• NOAH'S ARK CHRISTIAN PRE-SCHOOL (BUCKHURST HILL) income £241k
• NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL (BILLERICAY) income £159k
• NOAH'S ARK ( TOLWORTH ) PRE-SCHOOL income £201k
• NOAH'S ARK PLAYGROUP income £186k
• NOAHS ARK PLAYGROUP income £176k

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