POOL PRE-SCHOOL GROUP

Registered charity 1027238 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POOL UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP

To offer pre-school education for 2 yr olds to 4yr olds.

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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 achieved a surplus of £53,330 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources comprising fee income, grant funding, and fundraising. Reserves stood at £125,153, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of maintaining at least three months of operating expenses. The charity remains settled in its premises and has processes in place to mitigate risks such as reductions in local authority funding.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pool Pre School Group (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROL LISTERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID WALLIS
• Emma Grange
• Faye Myers
• Natalie Allen

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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