RIVER MEADOW

Registered charity 1027272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MIDDLETON CENTRE PLAYGROUP, MIDDLETON CENTRE PRE-SCHOOL

Provision of pre-school for children 2 to school age and out of school care for children aged 4 to 11. Charity trades under the name River Meadow

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 unrestricted funds increased from £186,493.12 to £213,735.90, resulting in a net incoming resource of £27,242.78 for the year. The charity holds significant cash reserves of £90,354.78 at bank and £500.00 in hand against current liabilities of £15,653.72. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, indicating the accounts comply with statutory requirements.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jenny Tomblinchair
• Jeni Atkins
• Sarah Brearley

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE.

• THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE income £205k
• MEADOWLANDS PRE-SCHOOL income £182k
• IVER VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL income £113k
• SOMERVILLE PRE-SCHOOL income £108k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £290k

Side by side with its peers

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