LITTLE FIRS DAY NURSERY

Registered charity 1026262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESTHAVEN KIDS CLUB, WESTHAVEN PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Provides childcare for 0 - 11 year old children. Open for 50 weeks per year on a 7.30 - 6.00 basis

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 total unrestricted funds increased by £80,128 to reach £424,040 at the end of the financial year, with net assets rising from £349,970 to £428,848. The charity reported a surplus for the year and holds minimal liabilities of £4,808, indicating a strong financial position with no stated reserves policy target or material uncertainties.

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 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 89.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Larderchair
• Kayleigh Axten
• Michele Lund
• Natasha Reed
• PATRICIA GOODRICK
• Samantha Hutchinson
• Sylwia Kersley
• WENDY PARKER

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOUGHTON NURSERY GROUP.

• HOUGHTON NURSERY GROUP income £231k
• THE OAKS NURSERY income £145k
• LITTLE SUNBEAMS PRE-SCHOOL income £426k
• Lyminge Pre School income £273k
• CLIFTON-UPON-TEME NURSERY LIMITED income £304k
• CHARLBURY PRESCHOOL income £156k

Side by side with its peers

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