UNDER FIVES PROJECT

Registered charity 1026486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNDER FIVES CRECHE PROJECT

The Under 5's Project is a Nature lead nursery in an urban area, we support families with children from ages 8 months to 5 years. We are passionate advocates for equality for all, and offer extra support to families and children with special educational, medical needs and disabilities. Our aim is to provide an exceptional early years experience that is assessable to all.

Objects

TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH BY THE PROVISION OF A CRECHE FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE WHO ARE IN NEED AND THERBY RELIEVING THE STRESS OF THEIR PARENTS WHO ARE SIMILARLY IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

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 £81,488 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £85,507. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is below the stated policy target of approximately £80,000, a shortfall attributed to investment in a new site and current funding challenges. The trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing sufficient budgeted income and expenditure to continue operations for the next 12 months.

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
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JENNY THOMPSONchair
• EDEL REDMOND
• HELEN CARR
• Sarah Carr

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

Operates in: Greenwich

Income and spending

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