COTEBROOK PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1026845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE BUDWORTH PLAYGROUP, LITTLE BUDWORTH PRE-SCHOOL

Provision of pre-school activities

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE.

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 generated a net incoming resource of £7,655 for the year, resulting in total funds carried forward of £37,209. The trustees confirm that the charity is not in deficit after setting aside £20,000 in designated reserves for specific statutory and winding-up costs. Operational occupancy was reported at 76% during the Easter 2025 term, with fees held at prior year rates.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investing charity funds 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

• Alexandra Hebblewhite
• Andrew Pritchard
• Owen Williamson
• Tracy Chorlton
• Trudy Nelle Boyle

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTAKE PRE-SCHOOL.

• INTAKE PRE-SCHOOL income £318k
• Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-School income £137k
• Brightwell Pre-School income £144k
• CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL income £165k
• STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k
• THE CHESTERFORDS COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL income £124k

Side by side with its peers

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