THREE BEARS PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1026190 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KESGRAVE THREE BEARS PLAYGROUP

We offer pre-school sessional care for children from 2 1/2 years old. We are committed to excellence in providing quality care and to facilitate pre-school learning through play.

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: IN PRACTICE KESGRAVE (SUFFOLK) AND SURROUNDING VILLAGES.

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 holds total funds of £75,815.64, representing a profit of £24,705.13 for the year. The Chair's report indicates the setting is in a very good position for the foreseeable future with sessions at full capacity.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Natalia Horsfieldchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Amy Rose Furniss
• Carly Goodall · trustee of 2 other charities
• Chandra Simone Dickins
• Charlotte Garnham
• Jessica Allen
• Lauren Collier
• Sophie Tree

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOREST BEARS PLAYGROUP.

• FOREST BEARS PLAYGROUP income £139k
• LITTLE BEARS DAY CARE income £474k
• TEDDY BEAR NURSERY (WESTFIELD) income £157k
• 3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £142k
• BOW BEARS PRE-SCHOOL CIO income £251k
• KILLAMARSH BEARS income £206k

Side by side with its peers

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