WEST KINGSDOWN PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1029575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST KINGDOWN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION

We are a pre-school aiming to enhance the development and education of children under the statutory school age in a parent involved community based group. We aim to provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment, working in a framework to ensure equality of opportunities for all children and families.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF 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 the charity achieved a surplus of £15,415 for the year, bringing its accumulated fund to £149,094. The trustees report that the charity is in a position of healthy reserves, although they note ongoing financial pressures from rising costs and local competition.

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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Brownchair
• Charlie Foreman
• Deborah Lascz
• Emma Brown
• Joanne Hull
• Laura Kench · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michelle Blackaby
• Michelle Martin
• kimberley Watson

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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