MARGARET MCMILLAN CHILDREN'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1028269 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide day care for children aged 0-5 years .

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN

Area of benefit: BRADFORD

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 reserves of £707,199 are held, which the trustees confirm reflect their stated policy of maintaining three months of reserves to ensure sustainability. The charity reported a net income surplus of £51,539 for the year, having managed tight budgets amidst a cost of living crisis and reduced demand for day care.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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

• ARIF ALAMchair
• NASREEN SHAH
• SOFIA SIDDIQUE
• Safina Mahmood
• Sue Dawn Marshall

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE.

• THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE income £821k
• CHILDREN CARE CENTRE income £231k
• THE RAINBOW CENTRE (MARHAM) income £2.0m
• Carlton Miniott Pre School and Nursery Committee income £292k
• ST MARGARET'S HOUSE income £1.3m
• ST MICHAEL'S FAMILY CENTRE income £597k

Side by side with its peers

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