THE CRYPT PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1031570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FALMOUTH COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP, FALMOUTH PRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP, THE CRYPT PRESCHOOL

To advance the education of children below compulsory school age by:a) providing safe and satisfying group play, in which parents have the right to take partb) encouraging other charitable activities through which parents may help the childrenc) furthering the aims of the Pre-school Playgroups Association

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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Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £12,723, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees note that the reduction in bank balances increases the risk of cash flow problems and that the charity faces financial risks from rising wages and costs.

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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2024 (received 12/03/2026, 255 days after the 30/06/2025 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 11/07/2022, 11 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy James
• Hattie Watson
• Kezia Black

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN'S CORNER PRE-SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

• CHILDREN'S CORNER PRE-SCHOOL COMMITTEE income £230k
• BEN RHYDDING PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £150k
• CLIFFE PRE-SCHOOL income £89k
• THE STOCKS GREEN PRE-SCHOOL income £195k
• BURPHAM PRESCHOOL income £112k
• CROWLE PRE-SCHOOL income £139k

Side by side with its peers

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