POTTON PRE-SCHOOL (ST. MARY'S)

Registered charity 1027170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POTTON PLAYGROUP (ST MARY'S), POTTON PRE-SCHOOL

Pre-school. Also providing before and afterschool care up to school year 6

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 unrestricted funds increased to £175,341, reflecting a net income surplus of £18,650 for the year. The charity reports that income covers day-to-day running and staffing costs, although it notes pressure from increased National Minimum Wage and utility costs.

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 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hannah Salmonchair
• Ceri Robinson
• Elizabeth Sewell
• Holly Sauble
• Sophie Parker

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

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 STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES.

• STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• BUXWORTH PRE-SCHOOL income £120k
• ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD income £400k
• UPOTTERY PRE-SCHOOL CIO income £109k
• POPPY PRE-SCHOOL income £322k

Side by side with its peers

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