PUFFINS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1030633 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PUFFINS PLAYSCHOOL

Pre-school for children age 6 months to school age.

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 the charity achieved an operating surplus of £26,276 for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by turnover of £150,743 and administrative expenses of £125,295. The final surplus for the financial year was £26,672, which includes bank interest receivable of £396. The filing indicates no material issues came to the attention of the independent examiner regarding the financial statements.

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 2 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Hirstchair
• Chrstine King
• Sonya Middlemast

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset

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 YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL.

• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• BROUGHTON PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
• PLAYMATES PRESCHOOL income £316k
• PIED PIPER PRE-SCHOOL income £126k
• THE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £121k
• POLLYANNA PRESCHOOL income £231k

Side by side with its peers

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