STURMINSTER MARSHALL PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1026037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STURMINSTER MARSHALL PLAYGROUP AND TODDLER GROUP, STURMINSTER MARSHALL PRE-SCHOOL

Pre-School facility for children in the Sturminster Marshall area for children age 9 months to 4 years 11 months, especially those expected to attend Sturminster Marshall First School.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHIDREN 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 ended the year with a surplus of £24,487, increasing total unrestricted funds to £135,884. Per the trustees' report, the charity secured additional funding including a £10,000 expansion grant and Local Authority support, while maintaining positive family feedback and planning for future growth.

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

• Damien Wattchair
• Jan Ladbrook
• Kirstie Arnold-Jones
• Laura Johnson
• Matthew Bullock
• Rebecca Cox
• Sharon Bentley
• Wayne Johnson

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY'S UNDER FIVES, MARLBOROUGH.

• ST MARY'S UNDER FIVES, MARLBOROUGH income £130k
• Martlesham Preschool income £201k
• MARSH GIBBON PRE-SCHOOL income £186k
• MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL income £100k
• STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k
• ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k

Side by side with its peers

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