BARKHAM PRE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1026028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARKHAM PLAYGROUP

Pre-school education for ages 2 years to age 5 years

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 faces an imminent threat of closure due to a sharp decline in enrollment from 25 to 8 children, driven by government funding changes that the charity cannot accommodate due to restricted opening hours. The financial position is precarious, with a reported deficit for the year and reliance on donated funds to cover staff wages, while the committee is also struggling to meet constitutional membership requirements. The trustees explicitly warn that if numbers do not increase quickly, they will have no choice but to give notice of closure.

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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Cook
• Debby Coyle
• Helen Pitcher
• Iona Selby · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joy Grainger
• Laura Arnold
• Sophie Pembroke-Chadwick

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

Operates in: Wokingham

Income and spending

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